Acronyms at UW Oshkosh and Beyond

Acronyms at UW Oshkosh and Beyond

(last updated .02-14-2017)

Note: I retired from UW Oshkosh on 8-30-2002. I have no plans on adding anything of any kind to this page in the foreseeable future. I'll fix and/or delete broken off "folklib" domain links, but that's all.

This page contains 1,252 acronyms for UW Oshkosh colleges, departments and organizations, other campus related terms, State of Wisconsin and Federal agencies, phrase abbreviations used in E-Mail messages, and many computer related terms and topics. As a general documentation source for use by anyone on campus, each acronym can be linked to individually, for example: http://www.folklib.net/acs/acronyms.shtml#ACUG

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February 2016 Note: All links below to other domains have been deleted. Why?
Please also note that the last time this page was thoroughly checked for accuracy and currency was when I retired from UW Oshkosh on 8-31-2002. At the time you read this page some of these terms may be obsolete and departments, agencies, companies or organizations listed may no longer exist.

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AACSB - American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business
AAD - Analog Alignment Diskette or Advanced Audio Disc
AAMOF - as a matter of fact (E-Mail)
AARP - American Association of Retired Persons
AAUP - American Association of University Professors (UW Oshkosh)
abend - ABnormal END (ab'-end)
ABI - Applications Binary Interface
ABR - Automatic Baud Rate detection "Autobaud"
ABU - Applications Business Unit (DEC)
ACA - Academic Computing Activities committee
ACDC - All Campus Debit Card (at UW Oshkosh: TitanCard)
ACE - Advanced Computing Environment
ACF - Apostolic Campus Fellowship (UW Oshkosh)
ACF2 - Access Control Facility (IBM)
ACK - ACKnowledge key <CTRL/F>
ACL - Access Control List (VAX/Solaris 2.x)
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
ACOT - Apple Classroom Of Tomorrow
ACP - Ancillary Control Processors (VAX)
ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACS - Academic Computing (Services) (UW Oshkosh) or Advanced Communication Service (AT&T)
ACSC - Administrative Computing Steering Committee
ACT - American College Testing (UW Oshkosh) or Application Center for Technology (DEC)
ACUG - Academic Computer Users Group (UW Oshkosh)
ACUTA - Association of College and University Telecommunications Administrators
A/D - Analog to Digital
ADA - Americans with Disabilites Act
ADB - Apple Desktop Bus
ADCIS - Association of the Development for Computer-based Instructional Systems
ADI - Apple Desktop Interface
ADP - Automated Data Processing or Administrative Data Processing (UW-Madison)
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AES - Advanced Encrytion Standard
AFAIK - as far as I know (E-Mail)
AFC - Application Foundation Classes
AFE - Apple File Exchange
AFM - Adobe Type Metrics
AFP - Apple File Protocol (AppleTalk)
AFS - is not an acronym for anything (an IBM product that was previously "Andrew's File System" before they bought it)
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
AH - Authentication Header
AI - Artificial Intelligence
AIA - Applications Integration Architecture (DEC)
AISE - as I see it (E-Mail)
AITP - Association of Information Technology Professionals
AIX - Advanced Interactive eXecutive (IBM's version of UNIX)
aka - also known as (or pseudonym)
AKEP - Authentication Key Exchange Protocol
ALA - Academic License Agreement (Novell) or American Library Association
ALGOL - ALGOrithmic programming Language
ALIWEB - Archie Like Indexing in the WEB
ALOT - Apple Library Of Tomorrow
Alpha - AlphaServer 4000 5/600 (DEC computer) The UW Oshkosh primary E-Mail server, sometimes referred to as VaxA.
ALU - Arithmetic/Logic Unit
American Marketing Association - Student Chapter of PSE (Pi Sigma Epsilon) (UW Oshkosh)
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices (microchip maker)
A/N - AlphaNumeric
ANCCA - Apple National Community College Alliance
ANI - Automatic Number-Identification
ANSI - American National Standards Institute (an'-c)
AOL - America OnLine, Inc. (ISP)
APBS - Appointment, Payroll, and Benefits System (UW System)
API - Application Program Interface
APICS - American Production and Inventory Control Society (UW Oshkosh)
APL - A Programming Language or Appleton Public Library (Wis.)
APM - Advanced Power Management
APPC - Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
APPN - Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
ARC - Advanced RISC Computing
ARCnet - Attached Resources Computing NETwork
ARIS - Automated Reader Information Service (DEC)
ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
ARPANET - Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange (as'-key)
ASSA - Academic Support Service Agreement (UW Oshkosh)
ASL - American Sign Language
ASP - Association of Shareware Professionals or Active Server Pages (WWW) or Application Service Providers
AT - Advance-Titan (UW Oshkosh newspaper)
AT&T - American Telephone & Telegraph corporation
ATE - Asynchronous Terminal Emulation
ATL - Automated Tape Libraries
ATM - Adobe Type Manager (Postscript) or Asynchronous Transfer Mode or Automated Teller Machine
ATS - Apple Terminal Services protocol
AUI - four-pair shielded Attached Unit Interface cable
AWT - Abstract Windows Toolkit
A/UX - Apple UniX (Macintosh)
B - top / bottom of page
Balun - BALance - UNbalance (IBM terminal adapter)
BASIC - Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BBS - Bulletin Board Service
BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
BCD - Binary Coded Decimal
BCPL - Basic Combined Programming Language
BDC - Business Development Center (UW Oshkosh) see CCP
BEL - Bell or Beep <CTRL/G>
BER - Basic Encoding Rules
BERT - Bit Error Rate Test
BFN - bye for now (E-Mail)
BGLAD - Bisexual, Gay, and Lesbian Awareness Days (UW Oshkosh)
BION - believe it or not (E-Mail)
bios - Basic Input/Output System
BISDN - Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BIST - Built-In Self Test
bit - BInary digiT
BIT - Board of Information Technology (Wis.)
BITM - Bureau of Information and Telecommunications Management (Wis.)
BITnet - Because It's Time NETwork
BIU - Bus Interface Unit
BLAS - Basic Linear Algebraic Subroutine
BLERT - BLock Error Rate Test
block - 512 bytes of computer memory, .5 KB (RSTS/E, VAX, Alpha, ProDOS)
BLS - Bachelor of Liberal Studies - renamed to "Weekend/Evening Degree Program" and renamed again to Center for New Learning (UW Oshkosh) or Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S.)
BMP - BitMaP
BNS - Bayonet Neill-Concelman connector (NIC)
BNF - Backus-Naur Form (Internet)
BNU - Basic Network Utilities
BOB - Break-Out Box
BOC - Bell Operating Company
BOOTP - BOOTstrap Protocol
BPS - Bits Per Second (data transmission rate) (usually referred to as the Baud rate)
BRB - be right back (E-Mail)
BRL - u.s. army Ballistic Research Laboratory
BS - BackSpace key <CTRL/H>
BSC - BiSynChronous transmission
BSD - Berkeley Software Division or Blue Screen of Death (microcomputer system crash)
BSRF - Basic Synchronous Reference Frequency
BTW - by the way (E-Mail)
C - top / bottom of page
CA - Certificate Authority
CACM - Communications on Association for Computing Machinery
CAD - Computer-Aided (or Assisted) Design (or Drafting)
CAV - Constant Angular Velocity (video disk format) (spiral track disk technology)
CAE - Common Applications Environment or Computer-Aided Engineering
CAI - Computer-Aided Instruction
CAM - Computer-Aided Manufacturing or Content Addressed Memory
CAMP - Corporate Association for Microcomputer Professionals
CAN - Cancel key <CTRL/X>
CAP - Columbia AppleTalk Protocol
CAP II - Claris Academic Program (Apple)
CAPP - Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (Wis.)
CAS - Communicating Application Specification
CASE - Computer-Aided Software Engineering
CAT - Common Authentication Technology
CBBS - Computerized Bulletin Board Service
CBC - Cipher Block Chaining
CBEMA - Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Assn.
CBIPO - Custom-Built Installation Process Offering
CBR - Computer-Based Retrieval
CBT - Computer-Based Training (or Tests)
CCITT - Consultative Committee International Telegraph and Telephone (Comite Consultatif Internationale Telegraphique et Telephonique) or Consultative Committee on International Telephony and Telegraphy
CCL - Concise Command Language (RSTS/E)
CCDET - Center for Career Dev./Employability Training (UW Oshkosh) (pronounced Cadet)
CCNET - C? C? NETwork
CC/PP - Composite Capabilities / Preferences Profiles
CCOD - Current Contents On Disk (lists of articles)
CCP - Center for Community Partnerships (UW Oshkosh)
[This is the 07-01-1998 merger of the Richard W. Koehn Institute and the UW Oshkosh Business Development Center.]
CCR - Customer-Controller Reconfiguration
CD - Carrier Detect, Compact Disk, or Collision Detection
CD-I - Compact Disk-Interactive
CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CDA - Compound Document Architecture or Classic Desk Accessory (Apple)
CDC - Control Data Corporation
CDD - Common Data Dictionary (VAX)
CDDI - Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDE - Common Desktop Environment
CDF - Channel Definition Format (WWW)
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
CDN - Consolidated Data Network (Wis.)
CDPD - Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDSA - Common Data Security Architecture
CDSL - Consumer Digital Subscriber Line
CE - Customer Engineer (repairs computers)
CEC - Central Electronic Complex
CEMA - Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
CERFnet - California Education and Research Foundation NETwork
CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team
CES - Consumer Electronics Show
CESA - Cooperative Educational Services Agency (or Areas) (Wis.)
CFB - Cipher Feedback Mode
CGA - Color Graphics Adapter (IBM-PC display board)
CGI - Computer Graphics Interface or Common Gateway Interface
CHAP - Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIC - Committee on Institutional Cooperation or Customer Information Center
CICS - Customer Information Control System (IBM)
CIM - Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
CIO - Chief Information Officer
CIS - Central Information Services (UW Oshkosh) now TTS or CompuServe Information Service or Customer Interaction Software
CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computer
CLEP - College Level Examination Program (UW Oshkosh)
CLNP - Connection-Less Network Protocol (OSI)
CLP - Collaborative Learning Program
CLV - Constant Linear Velocity (video disk format) (spiral track disk technology)
CLS - Certified Lotus Specialist or CLear Screen (command on some operating systems)
CL/1 - Connectivity Language (for networks)
CMIIW - correct me if I am wrong (E-Mail)
CMIP - Common Management Information Protocol (TCP/IP)
CMIS - Common Management Information Services (TCP/IP)
CML - Chemical Markup Language (WWW)
CMOT - Common Management information services and protocol Over TCP/IP
CMOS - Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMS - Conversational Monitor System (IBM VS1) or Cross Memory Services or Code Management System (DEC)
CMT - Core Management Team
CMUG - Classroom Modernization Users Group (UW Oshkosh)
CNA - Certified Netware Administrator (Novell)
CNC - Computerized Numerical Control
CNE - Certified Netware Engineer (Novell)
CNEPA - Certified Netware Engineer Profession Assn. (Novell)
CNI - Coalition for Networked Information
CNL - Center for New Learning (UW Oshkosh) [previous names: Bachelor of Liberal Studies and Weekend/Evening Degree Program]
CNRI - Corporation for National Research Initiatives
CO - Central Office
COB - College of Business (UW Oshkosh)
COBA - College of Business Administration (UW Oshkosh) [obsolete term, see COB]
COBOL - COmmon Business Oriented Language
CODASYL - Conference On DAta SYstems Languages (DoD)
CODEC - COmpressor/DECompressor
COEHS - College of Education and Human Services (UW Oshkosh)
COLS - College of Letters & Science (UW Oshkosh)
COM - Computer Output Microfilm (or Microfiche) or COMmand or Component Object Model
COMDEX - COMmunications and Data processing EXposition
CON - College of Nursing (UW Oshkosh)
CONS - Connection Oriented Network Service (OSI)
COO - Chief Operating Officer
CORBA - Common Object Request Broker
COS - Corporation for Open Systems (OSI)
CPL - Combined Programming Language
CPIM - Certified in Production and Inventory Management or Communications Processor and Interface Module
CP/M - Control Program for Microcomputers
CPM - Critical Path Method
cps - Characters Per Second (printer speed)
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CQI - Continuous Quality Improvement (UW Oshkosh)
CR - Carriage Return key (marked "RETURN" or "ENTER") <CTRL/M>
CRC - Cyclical Redundancy Check
CREF - College Retirement Equities Fund
CREN - Corporation for Research and Educational Networking
CRL - Certificate revocation List
CRM - Customer Relationship Management
CROM - Control Read Only Memory
CRSP - Center for Research in Security Prices (data base)
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube (video terminal)
CSAC - Classified Staff Advisory Committee (UW Oshkosh)
CSAR - Computer Scheduling And Reporting (c'-zar) (IBM)
CSC - Customer Support Center (DEC)
CSD - Corrective Service Disk (IBM)
CSDAD - Classified Staff Development & Appreciation Day (UW Oshkosh)
CSI - Computer Security Institute
CSLG - Campus-wide Software License Grant (DEC)
CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
CSNET - Computer Science Network
CSO - Computer Services Office of the U. of IL-Urbana Champaign (software for on-line phone books)
CSR - Customer Service Representative
CSS - Cascading Style Sheets (WWW)
CSU/DSU - Channel Services Unit/Digital Services Unit
CTEC - microsoft Certified Technical Education Center
CTI - Computer/Telephone (or Telephony) Integration
CTD - Cumulative Trauma Disorder
CTRL - abbreviation for the Control key
CTO - Chief Technology Officer
CTS - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Computing and Telecommunications Services (UW Oshkosh)
CU - Control Unit or Credit Union
CUFS - College and University Financial System (IBM) [replaced by Advantage General Ledger]
CUI - Character User Interface
CUIPP - Computer Utility Implementation Planning Project (Wis.)
CUTCP/CUTE - Clarkson University Tcp Communications Package / Clarkson University Terminal Emulator
CVD - Compact Video Disk
CVIA - Computer Virus Industry Association
CVS - Concurrent Version System
CWIS - CampusWide Information System
D - top / bottom of page
D/A - Digital to Analog
DA - Desk Accessory
DAB - Digital Audio Broadcasting (eg. Internet Talk Radio)
DAC - Digital to Analog Converter or Digital Audio Capsule
DACS - Digital Access and Cross-connect Systems
DAL - Data Access Language (Apple)
DAP - Digital Audio Postcard
DARPA Internet - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Internet
DARS - Degree Audit Request System (UW Oshkosh)
DASD - Direct Access Storage Device (daz'-d)
DAT - Digital Audio Tape
DBA - Data Base Administrator
DBFP - Data Book For Planning (UW Oshkosh)
DBMS - Data Base Management System
DCA - Document Content Architecture (IBM)
DCAF - Distributed Console Access Facility
DCC - Digital Customer Center (DEC)
DCD - Data Carrier Detect
DCE - Data Communications Equipment or Distributed Computing Environment (OSF)
DCL - DIGITAL Command Language (VAX)
DCOM - Distributed Component Object Module
DCS - Department-Course-Section (UW Oshkosh) or Distributed Control System
DC1 - Device Control 1 key (XON) <CTRL/Q>
DC2 - Device Control 2 key <CTRL/R>
DC3 - Device Control 3 key (XOFF) <CTRL/S>
DC4 - Device Control 4 key <CTRL/T>
DD - Double Density floppy disk
DDCMP - Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
DDE - Dynamic Data Exchange
DDIF - Digital Document Interchange Format (DEC)
DDL - Data Definition Language
DDN - Defense Data Network
DDOS - Distributed Denial-Of-Service
DDP - Distributed Data Processing
DDS - Digital Data Services (DEC) or Dataphone Digital Service (AT&T)
DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation
DECnet - Digital Equipment Corporation NETwork
DECUS - Digital Equipment Computer Users Society
DER - Department of Employment Relations (Wis.) or Distinguished Encoding Rules
DES - Data Encryption Standard
DETF - Department of Employe Trust Funds (Wis.)
DFI - Department of Financial Institutions (Wis.)
DFS - Distributed File System
DG - Data General corporation
DHCF - Distributed Host Command Facility
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML - Dynamic HyperText Markup Language
DIF - Data Interchange Format
DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module
DIP switch - Dual In-line Package
DISA - Direct Inward System Access
DIW - Dual Interior Wire
DIX - Dec-Intel-Xerox 15 pin connector (NIC)
DLB - Dynamic Load Balancer (VAX)
DLE - Data Link Escape key <CTRL/P>
DLL - Dynamic Link Library
DLT - Digital Linear Tape
DMA - Direct Memory Access
DMDA - Digital Media Device Association (2002-?) [Successor to the Secure Digital Music Initiative]
DMI - Definition of Management Information or Desktop Management Interface
DMS - Defense Message System
DNA - Digital Network Architecture or Distributed interNet Applications (Microsoft) or DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
DNR - Department of Natural Resources (Wis.)
DNS - Domain Name Service
DNSSEC - Domain Name System SECurity working group
DOA - Department of Administration (Wis.)
DOC - DOCument
DoD - Department of Defense (creator of TCP/IP)
DoIT - Division of Information Technology (Wis.)
DOJ - Department Of Justice
DOM - Document Object Model
DOR - Department Of Revenue (Wis.)
DOS - Disk Operating System
DOT - Department of Transportation (Wis.)
DOV - Data Over Voice
DPCS - Data Personal Communications Services
dpi - Dots Per Inch (printer or monitor resolution)
DPI - Department of Public Instruction (Wis.)
DPMA - Data Processing Management Association
DPMI - DOS Protected Mode Interface
DQDB - Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRV - DRiVer
DS/HD - Double-Sided High-Density (floppy disk)
DSA - Desktop Software Architecture or Digital Storage Architecture or Digital Signature Algorithm
DSIN - Digital Software Information Network (DEC)
DSK - Dvorak Simplified Keyboard
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
DSO - Data Source Objects
DSP - Digital Signal Processor
DSR - Digital Standard Runoff (VAX) text processor) or Data Set Ready
DSS - Digital Satellite System or Digital Signature Standard
DSSI - Digital Storage Systems Interconnect (DEC)
DSU - Digital Service Unit
DTC - Distributed Transaction Coordinator
DTE - Data Terminal Equipment
DTH - Direct-To-Home (satellite systems)
DTIF - Digital Table Interchange Format (DEC)
DTM - DeskTop Manufacturing
DTMF - Dual-Tone Multiple-Frequency
DTP - DeskTop Publishing
DTR - Data Terminal Ready
DTV - Digital TeleVision
DUN - Dial-Up Network(ing)
DVD - Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc
DVI - Digital Video Interface
DXF - Drawing Interchange Format (graphics file format)
E - top / bottom of page
EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association (their International Headquarters and Museum are in Oshkosh)
EAI - Enterprise Application Integration
EAP - Employee Assistance Program (UW Oshkosh)
EARN - European Academic Research Network
EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (eb'-suh-dick)
ECC - Error Correction Code (or Check) or Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem
ECDA - Extensible Compound Document Architecture
ECMA - European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECP - Extended Capabilities Port
ECPA - Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
ECM - Error Correcting Memory
ECR - Electronic ClassRoom
EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDMS - Electronic Document Management System
EDP - Electronic Data Processing
EDUNET - EDUCOM Network
EDVAC - Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity
EES - Escrowed Encryption Standard
EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFT - Electronic Funds Transfer
EGA - Enhanced Graphics Adapter (micro display board)
EGOLL - Executive Group for On-Line Learning (UW System)
EIA - Electronics Industries Association
EIP - Enterprise Information Portal
EIS - Executive Information System or Enterprise Integration Services (DEC)
EISA - Extended Industry Standard Architecture
ELS - Entry-Level System (Novell)
EM - End of Medium key <CTRL/Y>
EMA - Enterprise Management Architecture (DEC)
Email or E-Mail - Electronic Mail
EMB - Education Market Basket program (DEC)
EMC - Education Media Collection (UW Oshkosh)
EMI/RFI - ElectroMagnetic Interference/Radio Frequency Interference filtering
EMOD - E-Mail On Demand
EMS - Expanded Memory Specification
ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
ENQ - Enquiry key <CTRL/E>
EOF - End Of File key <CTRL/Z>
EOJ - End Of Job
EOLN - End Of Line
EOM - End Of Message
EOS - End Of Semester (UW Oshkosh) or Electrical OverStress
EOT - End Of Transmission (or Tape) <CTRL/D>
EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center or Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript (graphics file format)
EPTS - Emergency Printing Testing Services (Windows)
ERA - Employee Reimbursement Accounts (UW System)
ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
ES - End Station
ESC - ESCape key
ESCON - Enterprise Systems CONnection architecture (IBM)
ESD - Electronic Software Distribution
ESDI - Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESL - Educational Software Library (MACC) or Extensible Style Language (WWW)
ESN - Electronic Serial Number
ESNET - Energy Sciences Network
ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload
ESS - Executive Support System
ET - ExtraTerrestrial
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
ETF - Employe Trust Funds (UW System)
ETB - End of Transmission Block key <CTRL/W>
ETL - Extract/Transfer/Load software
ETN - Educational Telephone Network
ETX - End of TeXt key <CTRL/C>
EVE - Extensible Vax Editor (VAX)
EZT - Easytrieve (programming language)
F - top / bottom of page
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FAT - File Allocation Table
FASST - Flexible Architecture Standard System Technology
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCB - File Control Block
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FCCSET - Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
fcpi - flux changes per inch (floppy disk measurement)
FCSA - Federal Computer Security Act
FDA - Food and Drug Administration (MEDNEWS)
FDB - Faculty Development Board (UW Oshkosh)
FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI - Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDL - File Definition Language (VAX)
FDM - Frequency-Division Multiplexor
FDP - Faculty Development Program (UW Oshkosh)
FDX - Full Duplex
FE - Field Engineer
FEC - Forward Error Correction
FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (aka the Buckley Amendment)
- National Center for Education Statistics - Protecting the Privacy of Student Education Records March 1997 (NCES 97-859)
FF - Form Feed key <CTRL/L>
FFDT - FDDI Full Duplex Technology
FFS - Berkeley Fast File System
FIFO - First-In First-Out
FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standard
FM - Facilities Management (UW Oshkosh) (Department of Buildings & Grounds)
FMR+ - Follow Me Roaming Plus (cellular phones)
FOCOL - FOx Communities OnLine
FORTRAN - FORmula TRANslating system (programming language)
FP - Floating Point
FRICC - Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee (of NSF)
FRU - Field Replacement Unit
FS - File Separator key <CTRL/\> (MS-DOS)
FSCASL - Faculty Senate Committee on Assessment (of Student Learning) (UW Oshkosh)
FSAM - Federated Storage Area Management
FSK - Frequency Shift Keying
FTAM - File Transfer, Access, and Management (OSI)
FTC - Federal Trade Commission
FTE - Full-Time Equivalent (UW Oshkosh)
FTP - File Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP)
FTS - Federal Telecommunications System
FUD - fear, uncertainty, and doubt (E-Mail)
FVTC - Fox Valley Technical College (Wis.)
FVWP - Fox Valley Writing Project (UW Oshkosh)
FWD - Fast Wide Differential
FWIW - for what it's worth (E-Mail)
FYI - for your information (E-Mail)
G - top / bottom of page
G or GB - Gigabyte - one billion bytes of computer memory (2 to the 30th, 1,073,741,824 bytes to be exact)
GAK - Government Access to Keys
GAO - General Accounting Office (U.S.)
GCA lab - General Computer Access lab (UW Oshkosh)
GDMO - Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects
GED - Graduation Equivalency Diploma (UW Oshkosh)
GEM - Graphic Environment Manager (micro OS)
GEnie - General Electric Network for Information Exchange
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO - Garbage-In Garbage-Out
GMR - Giant MagnetoResistance (chip technology)
GNN - Global Network Navigator
GNOME - Gnu Network Object Model Environment (UNIX)
GOSIP - Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile (OSI)
GPA - Grade Point Average (UW Oshkosh)
GPIB - General Purpose Interface Bus (HP)
GPR - Ground Penetrating Radar
GPS-SA - Global Positioning System - Selective Availability
GS - Group Separator key <CTRL/]>
GSA - General Services Administration (U.S.)
GSS-API - Generic Security Services API
GST - Global Symbol Table (VAX)
GTE - General Telephone & Electronics corporation
GUI - Graphical User Interface
GUID - Global Unique Identifier
H - top / bottom of page
HAVi - Home Audio-Video Interoperability
HCF - Host Command Facility
HD - High Density floppy disk
HDA - Hard Drive Assembly or HeaD Assembly
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
HDF - Hierarchical Data Format
HDI - Help Desk Institute
HDML - Handheld Device Markup Language (WWW)
HDPA - Help Desk Professionals Association
HDSL - High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDTV - High Definition TeleVision
HDX - Half Duplex
HEPP - Higher Education Purchase Program (Apple)
hertz - term for "cycles per second"
HEX - HEXadecimal
HFP - Host-to-Front-end Protocol (TCP/IP)
HFRC - Hill Farms Regional Center (Wis.)
HIA - Host Interface Adapter
HOPE - Helping Others Perceive Equality (UW Oshkosh)
HP - Hewlett-Packard company
HPC - High Performance Computing
HPCC - High Performance Computing and Communications initiative
HPER - Health, Physical Educ. & Recreation (UW Oshkosh) now PEHP
HPFS - High Performance File System
HPIB - Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus (HP)
HPPI - High Performance Parallel Interface
HR - Human Resources (UW Oshkosh) (new name for the Personnel Department)
HRIN - Human Resources Information Network
HRM - Human Resource Management (UW Oshkosh)
HRMS - Human Resource Management System
HSC - Hierarchical Storage Controller (DEC)
HSDM - High Speed Data Mover
HSM - Hierarchical Storage Manager
HSPL - Human Services & Professional Leadership (UW Oshkosh)
HT - Horizontal Tab key <CTRL/I>
HTH - hope this helps (E-Mail)
HTTP - HyperText Transport Protocol (WWW)
HTML - HyperText Markup Language (WWW)
Hz - abbreviation for hertz
I - top / bottom of page
IAA - Identification, Authorization, and Authentication project (UW System)
IAB - Internet Advertising Bureau
IAC - InterApplication Communication (Apple)
IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IAP - Internet Account Provider
- Instructional Academic Staff (UW Oshkosh)
IBM - International Business Machines corporation
IC - Integrated Circuit
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICI - Internet Computer Index
ICMI - Incoming Calls Management Institute
ICP - Internet Connectivity Provider
ICQ - I-seek-you (Internet communications software)
ICRA - Internet Content Rating Association
ICS - Information and Computer Sciences committee
IDB - ITS Data Bus
IDEA - International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDEA Lab - Instructional DEvelopment & Authoring (UW Oshkosh)
IDF - Intermediate Distribution Frame (wiring closet)
IDP - Internetwork Datagram Packet (Novell)
IDS - Intrusion Detection System
IE - Information Engineering
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
IFD - Internal Fix Disk (IBM)
IGES - Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (ANSI standard for graphics file formats)
IHV - Independent Hardware Vendor
IIE - IBM Information nEtwork
IIe - type of Apple microcomputer (also II+, IIc, IIgs)
IIfx - type of Apple Macintosh (also IIcx, IIci, IIx)
IIRC - if I recall correctly (E-Mail)
IIS - Internet Information Server (Microsoft/WWW)
IKE - Internet Key Exchange
IMAP - Internet Messaging Access Protocol
IMHO - in my humble (or honest) opinion (E-Mail)
IMKA - Initiative for Managing Knowledge Assets (AI)
IMSL - International Math and Statistical Library (VAX)
I/O - Input/Output
IOCS - Input/Output Control System
IP - Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
IPC - InterProcess Communication
IPI - Intelligent Peripheral Interface or Internet Printing Index
IPL - Initial Program Load (IBM) or Inter-Priority Level
IPMP - Intellectual Property Management and Protection
IPv6 - Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IP)
IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange (Novell)
IRA - Individual Retirement Account or Individual Retirement Annuities
IRC - Instructional Resources Center (UW Oshkosh) or Internet Relay Chat
IRQ - Interrupt ReQuest (IBM-PC, PS/2)
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
IS - Information Services or Intermediate Station
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture or Internat Security Association
ISAAC - Information Systems for Advanced Academic Computing (BBS)
ISAM - Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISE - Integrated Storage Elements (DEC)
ISIS - Integrated Student Information System (UW System)
ISN - Information Systems Network (AT&T)
ISO - International Standards Organization
ISP - Internet Service Provider
ISPF - Interactive System Productivity Facility (TSO)
ISSN - International Standard Serials Number
ISV - Independent Software Vendor
ITAB - Information Technology Advisory Board (Wis.)
IT or I/T - Information Technology
ITF - Interactive Terminal Facility
ITS - Instructional Technology Services (UW System) or Intelligent Transportation Systems
ITSPI - Information Technology Strategic Planning Initiative (Wis.)
ITU-T - International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication (formerly CCITT)
IVI - Interactive Video Instruction
IVK - Interactive Voice Response
IX - Internet Exchange architecture
J - top / bottom of page
JANET - Joint Academic NETwork
JCL - Job Control Language (IBM)
JES2 - Job Entry System (IBM)
JNET - Joiner associates, inc. NETwork
JCOER - Joint Committee On Employment Relations (Wis.) (pronounced "joker")
JDBC - Java DataBase Connectivity
JDK - Java Developer Kit
JIT - Just-In-Time
JNI - Java Native Interface
JPEG or JPG - Joint Photographic Experts Group (graphics file format)
JVM - Java Virtual Machine
K - top / bottom of page
K or KB - Kilobyte: 1024 bytes of computer memory (2 to the 10th)
Kbps - KiloBits Per Second
KDC - Key Distribution Center
KDE - K(ool) Desktop Environment (UNIX)
KDT - Keyboard Data Terminals
KHz - KiloHertZ (thousands of cycles per second)
KI - Koehn Institute (UW Oshkosh) see CCP
KMP - Key Management Protocol
KTC - Key Translation Center
KWIC - Key Word In Context
L - top / bottom of page
LAN - Local Area Network
LAP-B - Link Access Procedure - Balanced
LASER - Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation
LAT - Local Area Transport (VAX)
LAVC - Local Area VAX Cluster
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LCF - Logic for Computable Functions
LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (for on-line phone books)
LDM - Limited Distance Modem
LEAF - Law Enforcement Access Field
LEC - Local telephone Exchange Carrier
LED - Light-Emitting Diode
LEF - Local Event Flag (VAX)
LF - Line Feed key <CTRL/J>
LFS - Linux File Server
LHC - Library Hub Consortium (UW Oshkosh, with Green Bay, Platteville, and Superior)
LINDO - Linear INteractive and Discrete Optimizer (VAX)
LIFO - Last In First Out
LIM memory - expanded memory developed by Lotus, Intel and Microsoft (EMS)
LISP - LISt Processing language (UNIX)
LMI - Local Management Interface
LOA - Leave of Absence
LOCKSS - Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
LOL - laughing out loud (E-Mail)
LOS - Linux Oracle Server
LP - Line Printer
LPI - Lines Per Inch (printer format)
LPM - Lines Per Minute (printer speed)
LPP - Lightweight Presentation Protocol
LPT - Line Printer porT
LSE - Language Sensitive Editor
LSI - Large Scale Integration (100-1000 circuits/chip)
LTDC - Learning Technology Development Center
LTE - Limited Term Employee (UW Oshkosh)
LUG - Local Users Group
M - top / bottom of page
M, MB or Meg - Megabyte - one million bytes of computer memory (2 to the 20th, 1,048,576 bytes to be exact)
MAC - Media Access Control
Mac - Macintosh (Apple microcomputer)
MACC - Madison Academic Computing Center (UW Madison)
MADLUG - Madison Area Decus Local Users Group (Wis.)
MAILNET - university Mail Network
MAN - Metropolitan Area Network (between a LAN and WAN)
MAP - Manufacturing Automation Protocol (OSI)
MAU - Multi-station Access Unit
MBA - Master of Business Administration (UW Oshkosh) (degree or program)
Mbps - MegaBits Per Second
MBR - Master Boot Record (IBM)
MCA - Micro Channel Architecture
MCB - Memory Control Block
MCDA - Micro Channel Developers Association
MCF - Meta Content Framework (WWW) or Meta Content Format (WWW)
MCGA - Monochrome/Color Graphics Adapter (IBM PS/1 display board)
MCNE - Master Certified Netware Engineer (Novell)
MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional
MCSD - Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MDA - Monochrome Display Adapter (micro display board)
MDI - Multiple Document Interface
MDS - Matrix Data Systems
MEDNEWS - on-line MEDical NEWSletter
MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching
MFLOPS - Millions of FLoating point Operations Per Second (micro, mini and mainframe processing speed)
MFM - Modified Frequency Modulation
MHz - MegaHertZ (millions of cycles per second) (micro processing speed)
MHS - Message Handling Services (OSI)
MICROSIM - MICROeconomic SIMulation (VAX)
MID - Multi Image Driver
MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIF - Management Information Format
MIFF - Media Interchange File Format (graphics file format)
MILNET - MILitary Network (Defense Data Network)
MIM - Management Information Model
MIMD - Multiple Instruction Multiple Data architecture
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIN - Mobile Identification Number
MIO - Management Information Office (Residence Life) (UW Oshkosh)
MIPS - Millions of Instructions Per Second (mainframe processor speed)
MIS - Management Information Systems (UW Oshkosh) or Management Information Specialist or Management Information Services
MIT - Management Information Technician or Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ML - Manipulator Language or Meta Language
MLI - Machine Language Interface
MLM - Mailing List Manager (eg. Majordomo or Listserv) or Multi-Level Marketing (aka pyramid schemes, mostly illegal)
MML - Mathematical Markup Language (WWW)
MMP - Multi Media Protection
MMS - Module Management System (DEC)
MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MEDNEWS)
MNP - Microcom Networking Protocol
MODEM - MOdulator-DEModulator
MOS - Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (computer chip)
MOTIS - Message-Oriented Text Interchange System (OSI)
MOUS - Microsoft Office User Specialist (aka MOUSE, MSOUS)
MOUSE - Microsoft Office User Support Expert (aka MOUS, MSOUS)
MPA - Master of Public Administration degree
MPEG - Moving Pictures Experts Group (graphics file format) or Moving Pictures Encoding Group
MPP - Manufacturing Process Planning
MPU - Micro Processor Unit
MRA - Market Recognition Account (UW System/ETF)
MRNET - Minnesota Regional Network
MRP - Material Requirements Planning
ms - MilliSecond
MS - Micosoft corporation
MS-DOS - MicroSoft Disk Operating System
MSA - Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSCP - Mass Storage Control Protocol (VAX)
MSDSG - MultiSystem Distributed System Gateway (OSI)
MSI - Marketing Science Institute (data base) or Medium Scale Integration (10-100 circuits/chip)
MSIE - MicroSoft Internet Explorer (web browser)
MSIS - Master of Science in Information Systems (UW Oshkosh)
MSOE - Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.)
MSOUS - MicroSoft Office User Specialist (aka MOUSE, MOUS)
MSP - Message Security Protocol
MTEA - Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures
MUX - MUltipleXor
MVS - Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM 4381 OS)
N - top / bottom of page
NACN - North American Cellular Network
NACS - Netware Asynchronous Communications Server (Novell)
NAK - Not AcKnowledged (or Negative AcKnowledge) <CTRL/U>
NAM - Netware Application Manager
NAND - Not AND (Boolean function)
NAS - Network Application Support (DEC)
NASI - Netware ASynchronous Interface (Novell)
NAT - Network Address Translator
Natural 2 - 4GL used to access our IBM's Adabas DBMS
NBBS - National Bulletin Board Society
NBS - National Bureau of Standards (see NIST)
NC - Network Computer
NCA - North Central Association fo colleges and schools (UW Oshkosh)
NCCUSL - National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
NCP - Network Control Program or Netware Core Protocol (Novell)
NCR - National Cash Register corporation or No Carbon Required (multi-part forms)
NCS - Network Computing System
NCSA - National Center for Supercomputing Applications or National Computer Security Association
NCSC - National Computer Security Center
NDA - New Desk Accessory (Apple)
NDB - Nutrition Data Base (VAX) (obsolete)
NDIS - Network Driver Interface Specification (Microsoft)
NDS - Netware Directory Service
NEARNET - New England Academic and Research Network
NEC - Nippon Electric Co. (micros, printers mfgr.)
netbios - NETwork Basic Input/Output System
NETNORTH - canadian Network
NEW ERA - NorthEast Wisconsin Educational Resource Alliance
NEWLUG - NorthEast Wisconsin Local Users Group (of DECUS)
NFLS - Nicolet Federated Library System (Wis.)
NFS - Network File System
NID - Next ID register (ARCnet)
NIC - Network Interface Card or Network Information Center
NiCad - NIckel CADmium batteries
NIGP - National Institute of Governmental Purchasing are required on all UW Oshkosh Purchase Requisitions
NIH - National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
NII - National Information Infrastructure
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NJE - Network Job Entry (IBM)
NJEF - Network Job Entry Facility
NLM - Netware Loadable Module (Novell) or National Library of Medicine (database)
NLS - National Longitudinal Survey (data base) or Network Library System (UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee)
NLSP - Netware Link State Protocol
NMF - Network Management Forum
NMOS - N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
NMS - Nursing Management System (VAX)
NNS - Netware Naming System (Novell)
NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol (Internet)
NOC - Network Operations Center
NOR - Not OR (Boolean function)
NORAD - NORth american Aerospace Defense command
NOS - Network Operating System
NREN - National Research and Education Network
NRTA - National Retired Teachers Association
NSA - National Security Agency
NSF - National Science Foundation
NSFNET - National Science Foundation NETwork
NSI - Network Solutions, Inc.
NSO - Novell Support Organization
NSP - Network Services Protocol
NSTL - National Software Testing Laboratories (in Philadelphia)
NTIA - National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTP - Network Time Protocol
NTSC - National Television System Committee (color television/monitor standards)
NUL - Null key <CTRL/@>
NYSERnet - New York State Education and Research NETwork
O - top / bottom of page
OARNET - Ohio Academic Resources Network
OASIS - On-line Academic Software Information System (BBS)
OATS - Oshkosh Academic Timesharing Service (RSTS/E)
OCLC - On-line Computer Library Center (Dublin, OH)
OCR - Optical Character Recognition (or Reader)
ODI - Open Data-link Interface (Novell)
ODL - Open Data Link (Novell/Apple)
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OFTP - OFf-line Transaction Processing
OFX - Open Financial eXchange (WWW)
OIR - Office of Institutional Research (UW Oshkosh)
OLAP - On-Line Analytic Processing
OLE - Object Linking and Embedding (Microsoft)
OLI - Open Link Interface
OLIS - On-Line Information Service
OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing
OMF - Object Management Function
OMR - Optical Mark Reader
ONC - Open Network Computing (Sun)
OOP - Object-Oriented Programming
OPCODE - OPerating CODE
OPID - Office of Professional and Instructional Development (UW System) (was: UTIC)
OPL - Oshkosh Public Library (Wis.)
OS - Operating System
OSA - Oshkosh Student Association (UW Oshkosh)
OSD - Open Software Distribution (WWW)
OSF/1 - Open Software Foundation (UNIX OS)
oshkoshw - BITnet addresses that became invalid 07-01-1996
OSI - Open Systems Interconnection
OSPF - Open Shortest Path First (TCP/IP)
OTC - One Time Charge
OTP - One Time Password
OWLS - Older Wiser LearnerS (UW Oshkosh) (formerly Association for Nontraditional Students) or Outagamie Waupaca Library System (Wis.)
OWLSIS - Oshkosh-Whitewater-La crosse Student Information System (IBM)
OXF - Open Exchange Format (WWW)
P - top / bottom of page
P3P - Platform for Privacy Preferences Project
P&L - a business's Profit and Loss statement
PABX - Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAD - Programmable Address Decoder or Packet Assembler/Disassembler
PAL - Programmable Array Logic
PAP - Password Authentication Protocol
PARC - Palo Alto Research Laboratory (Xerox Corp.)
PBX - Private Branch eXchange
PC - Printed Circuit or Personal Computer
PC-DOS - IBM-PC Operating System (another term for Microsoft's MS-DOS)
PCF - Program Control Facility (TSO)
PCI/O - Program Controlled Input/Output
PCS - Personal Communications Services
PCSA - Personal Computing Systems Architecture (DEC)
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PDF - Portable Document Format or Product Development Facility (TSO)
PDN - Public Data Networks
PDP - Programmable Data Processor (as in the PDP-11, "Adam" and "Eve", old UW Oshkosh computers manufactured by DEC)
PEHP - Physical Education & Health Promotion (UW Oshkosh) was HPER
PERT - Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PF keys - Program Function keys
PFM - Printer Font Metrics (MS Windows)
PhoneNET - computer science unix NETwork
PHP - Personal HomePage tools (WWW) a Web page programming language
PIC - Priority Intercept Controller
PICS - Platform for Internet Content Selection (WWW)
PILOT - Programmed Inquiry, Learning Or Teaching test creation language (VAX) (obsolete)
PIM - Personal Information Manager
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PIT - Programmable Interval Timer
pixel - PICture ELement
PL/I or PL/1 - Programming Language 1
PM - Preventive Maintenance or Presentation Manager (IBM PS/2 OS)
PMDF - Pascal Memo Distribution Facility
PMMU - Paged-Memory Management Unit
PMOS - P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PMS - Project Management Software
PNG - Portable Network Graphics (WWW)
PNP - Prototype Network Project
PO - Purchasing Office (UW Oshkosh) or Purchase Order
POP - Post Office Protocol or Point of Presence
POP3 - Post Office Protocol, level/version 3
POS - Point-Of-Sale
POSE - Picture Oriented Software Engineering (CASE tool)
POST - Power-On Self Test
POTS lines - Plain Old Telephone Service lines
POWER - Power Optimization With Enhanced RISC (IBM)
PPN - Project-Programmer Number (RSTS/E)
PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol
pps - Packets Per Second
PREPnet - Pennsylvania Research and Economic Partnership NETwork
PRI - Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
ProDOS - PROfessional Disk Operating System (Apple II)
PROFS - PRofessional OFfice System (IBM)
PROM - Programmable Read-Only Memory
PSI - Packetnet System Interface (DEC)
PSN - Processor Serial Number (Intel) aka chip-ID
PSTN - Public Switched Telphone System
PS/2 - Personal System 2 (IBM)
PS-SFS - PeopleSoft - Shared Financial System (UW Oshkosh)
PTF - Program Temporary Fix
PT3 - Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to Use Technology
Q - top / bottom of page
Q&A - Questions and Answers
QLLC - Qualified Logical Link Control
QMF - Query Management Facility (IBM)
QIO - Queue Input/Output services (VAX)
QoS - Quality of Service
R - top / bottom of page
RAD - Rapid Application Development
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks or Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM - Random Access Memory
RAS - Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
RBHC - Regional Bell Holding Companies
RBOC - Regional Bell Operating Companies
R&D - Research and Development
RDBMS - Relational Data Base Management System
RDF - Resource Description Framework (WWW)
RDS - Radio Data System
RESNET - RESidence hall NETwork (UW Oshkosh)
RF - Radio Frequency
RFC - Request For Comment(s)
RFP - Request For Proposal
RGB - Red, Green, Blue (color monitor)
RIFF - Raster Image File Format
RIP - Routing Information Protocol (TCP/IP)
RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RISS - Relational Inquiry and Storage System (RSTS/E)
RJE - Remote Job Entry
RLL - Run-Length-Limited (hard disk controller)
RMS - Record Management Services (VAX)
ROI - Return On Investment
ROM - Read-Only Memory
ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps (UW Oshkosh)
ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing (E-Mail)
RPC - Remote Procedure Call (LAN)
RPG - Report Program Generator (programming language)
RS - Recommended Standard (as in EIA RS-232) or Record Separator key <CTRL/^>
RSA - Rural Service Area
RSACi - Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet
RSCS - Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem
RSI - Repetitive Strain Injury
RSS - Rich Site Summary
RSTS/E - Resource Sharing - Time Sharing / Extended (DEC) (PDP 11/70 OS, replaced by VAX/VMS at UW Oshkosh)
RTC - Real Time Clock
RTF - Rich Text Format (graphics file format)
RTFM - read the fine manual (E-Mail)
RTL - Run-Time Library (VAX)
RTS - Request To Send
RUB - Reeve Union Board (UW Oshkosh)
RUBPC - Reeve Union Board Programming Council (UW Oshkosh)
RUBAC - Reeve Union Board Advisory Council (UW Oshkosh)
R/W - Read/Write
S - top / bottom of page
SA - Security Association or Student Administration
SAA - Systems Application Architecture
SACD - Super AudioCD
SAE - Single Application Environment
SAFER - Secure And Fast Encryption Routine
SAG - Software AG - Natural 2 and Adabas (DBMS) author (IBM) or SQL Access Group
SAM - Symantec Antivirus for Macintosh
SAN - Storage Area Network
SANS - System Administration, Networking, $ Security institute
SAP - Service Access Point (OSI) or Service Advertising Protocol
SAS - Statistical Analysis System
SAT - Scholastic Aptitude Test (UW Oshkosh)
SCCS - Source Code Control System or Small College Computing Symposium
SCORM - Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model
SCS - System Control Services (VAX)
SCSI - Small Computer Standard Interface (pronounced scuzzy)
SCT - Solution Content Team
SDF - Supplementary Data File (UW Oshkosh)
SDK - Software Development Kit
SDLC - Synchronous Data Link Control
SDMI - Secure Digital Music Initiative (1998-2002)
The music industry's failed attempt at copy-protecting all recordings.
SDSF - Spool Display Search Facility (IBM)
SDSI - Simple Distributed Security Infrastructure
SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (aka HDSL-2)
SEAC - Student Environmental Action Coalition (UW Oshkosh)
SEIMC - Special Education Instruction Material Center (UW Oshkosh)
SET - Student Evaluation of Teaching (UW Oshkosh)
SETI - Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence
SEWLUG - SouthEast Wisconsin Local Users Group (of )
SFA - Sales Force Automation
SFP - System File Protection
SFT - System Fault Tolerance (Novell)
SFS - Shared Financial System (PeopleSoft product used on UW campuses) or Shared File System (IBM)
SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGMP - Simple Gateway Management Protocol (TCP/IP)
SHRM - Society For Human Resource Management (UW Oshkosh)
SHTML - Server parsed HTML
SI - Shift In key <CTRL/O>
SIG - Special Interest Group
SIGUCSS - Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services
SIIA - Software and Information Industry Association
SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple Data architecture
SIM - Society for Information Management
SIMM - Single In-line Memory Module (computer chip)
SIS - Student Information System (by PeopleSoft, at UW Oshkosh)
SLA - StereoLithography Apparatus or Service Level Agreement
SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLSS - System Library Subscription Service
SMB - Server Message Block
SMC - Standard Microsystems Corporation
SMDS - Switched Multi-megabit Data Service
SME - Society of Manufacturing Engineers
SMF - Student Master File (UW Oshkosh)
SMIT - System Management Interface Tool
SML - Standard Manipulator Language
SMP - Symmetrical MultiProcessing or Synchronous Multi_Processing (VAX)
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP)
SMS - System Managed Storage (IBM) or Short Messaging Service
SNA - Systems Network Architecture (IBM)
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol (TCP/IP)
SNOBOL - StriNg-Oriented symBOLic language
SO - Shift Out key <CTRL/N>
SOH - Start of Heading key <CTRL/A>
SOHO - Small Office or Home Office?
SOLAR - Student On-Line Advising and Registration (UW Oshkosh old) or Student On-Line Access and Retrieval (UW Oshkosh new)
Sonet - Synchronous Optical NETwork
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SOS - Student Opinion Surveys (UW Oshkosh) or Sophisticated disk Operating System (Apple III)
SPA - Software Publishers Association
SPARC - Standards Planning and Requirements Committee or Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition or Scalable Processor ARChitecture (Sun)
SPC - Statistical Process Control
SPG - Service Protocol Gateway (Novell)
SPM - State Project Manager (Wis.)
SPSS-X - Statistical Package for the Social Sciences eXtended (at UW Oshkosh: VAX old, Windows new)
SPX - Sequenced Packet Exchange (Novell)
SQL - Structured Query Language
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
SRL - System Reference Library (the Lab manual racks)
SS - Single Side floppy disk
SSA - Social Security Administration
SSCE - Support Services Conference and Expo
SSH - Site Security Handbook or Secure SHell
SSI - Small Scale Integration (2-10 circuits/chips) or Server Side Includes (SHTML/WWW) or Satellite Software International (old name for WordPerfect Corp.)
SSL - Secure Socket Layer
SSP - School Software Program
SSPA - Software Support Professionals Association
SST - Secure Transaction Technology
STAR - STudent Academic Report (UW Oshkosh)
STF - Student Technology Fee (UW System)
STM - Scientific, Technical and Medical journals
STS - State Telephone System (Wis.)
STP - Shielded Twisted Pair (telephone cable)
STU - Secure Telephone Unit
STX - Start of TeXt key <CTRL/B>
SUB - Substitute key <CTRL/Z>
SUL - see you later (E-Mail)
SURAnet - Southeast University Research Assistance network
SVA - Shared Virtual Array
SVPA - Site Volume Purchase Agreement
SVR4 - System V Release 4 (AT&T UNIX OS)
S/WAN - Secure Wide Area Network
SWIB - State of Wisconsin Investment Board
SWIFT - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
SWISH - Simple Web Indexing System for Humans
SYMAP - SYnagraphic MAPping (VAX) (obsolete)
SYN - SYNchronous idle key <CTRL/V>
SYSGEN - SYStem GENeration
SYSOP - SYStem OPerator (BBS)
T - top / bottom of page
TAA - Transaction Amortization Account (UW System/ETF)
TACACS - Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TAR - Tape ARchive utility (UNIX)
TAUWP - The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals (UW Oshkosh)
TCC - Technical Consulting Center (DEC)
TCI - Tele-Communications Inc.
TCO - Total Cost of Ownership
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCSEC - Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
TEI - The Education Initiative programs (DEC)
TIA - Telecommunications Industry Association or thanks in advance (E-Mail)
TIAA - Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
TIFF - Tag Image File Format
TIS - UW Transfer Information System
TLA - Three-Letter Acronyms
TLS - Transport Layer Security
TM - Tape Mark
TMA - The Maintenance Authority (UW Oshkosh Inventory System) or Treasury Management Association
TOPS - Transcendental OPerating System
TPD - TeleProcessing Display program (CICS)
TPDDI - Twisted-Pair Distributed Data Interface
TPU - Text Processing Utility language (VAX)
TPX - Terminal Productivity eXecutive (IBM)
TQC - Total Quality Control
TQM - Total Quality Management (UW Oshkosh)
TRB - Teachers Retirement Board (Wis.)
TRE - Technology Research & Evaluation (Wis.)
TRON project - The Real-time Operating system Nucleus
TRS - Tandy Radio Shack
TSO - Time Sharing Option (under MVS)
TSR programs - Terminate and Stay Resident (IBM-PC)
TTFN - ta ta for now (i.e. bye, see you later) (E-Mail)
TTP - Trusted Third Party
TTS - Transaction Tracking System (Novell) or Telecommunications & Technical Services (UW Oshkosh) was CIS
TTY - TeleTYpe
TUI - Text User Interface
U - top / bottom of page
UADSL - Universal Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
UAE - Unrecoverable Application Error (MS Windows)
UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UCITA - Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (NCCUSL)
UCD - Unified Call Distribution (Ameritech)
UCSD - University of California, San Diego
UDI - Universal Document Identifier, old term for URL (WWW)
UDP - User Datagram Protocol (TCP/IP)
UDRP - Uniform Domain name dispute Resolution Policy
UFS - Unix File System
UHF - Ultra High Frequency
UIC - User Identification Code (VAX)
UIG - User Interest Group
ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration (over 10,000 circuits/chip)
UM or U/M - Unified Messaging
UMB - Upper Memory Blocks
UNC - Universal Naming Convention
UND - Universal Numeric Displayer
UNIX - there is no official meaning for the letters in this microcomputer OS
UNMA - Unified Network Management Architecture
UPC - Universal Product Code
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
URC - Uniform Resource Citation (WWW)
URI - Universal Resource Identifiers (WWW)
URN - Uniform Resource Name (WWW)
URL - Uniform (or Universal) Resource Locator (WWW)
US - Unit Separator key <CTRL/_>
USAN - University SAtellite Network
USNO - U. S. Naval Observatory
USP - University Scholars Program (UW Oshkosh)
USRH - United Students in Residence Halls (UW Oshkosh)
USPS - United States Postal Service
USPTO - United States Patent and Trademark Office
USRT - Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UTIC - Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council (UW System) (now: OPID)
UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair (telephone cable)
UUCP - Unix to Unix Copying Protocol
UW - University of Wisconsin
UWLI - UW Learning Innovations (UW System)
UWO - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (obsolete slang which must not to be used in any official UW Oshkosh documents)
UWPC - UW Processing Center (UW System)
V - top / bottom of page
VADD - Value-Added Disk Drivers
VAP - Value-Added Process
VAR - Value-Added Re-seller or Value-Added Resource
VAX - Virtual Address eXtension (DEC computer) see Alpha
VaxA - an inaccurate name for the UW Oshkosh Alpha computer. We have not had a VAX model computer on campus since 1995. This is an obsolete legacy term from the time we had 3 computers called VaxA, VaxB and VaxC.
VAXsim - VAX System Integrity Monitor
VBA - Visual Basic for Applications
VDSL - Very-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
VDT - Video Display Terminal
VDU - Visual Display Unit (video terminal)
VGA - Video Gate Array (IBM PS/2 display board)
VINES - VIrtual NEtwork operation System (Banyan)
VITAL - Virtually Integrated Technical Architecture Lifestyle (Apple)
VLF - Very Low Frequency
VLIW - Very Long Instruction Word
VLM - Virtual Loadable Module (Novell)
VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration (1,000-10,000 circuits/chip)
VMEC - Voice Messaging Education Committee
VMS - Virtual Memory System (DEC VAX 11/780 OS) (DEC MicroVAX 3100 OS) (DEC AlphaServer OS) (Compaq AlphaServer OS)
VM/SP - Virtual Machine/System Product (IBM)
VNET - an IBM internal Network
VOICE - Varsity Oshkosh Intensive Course in English (UW Oshkosh)
VP - Vice President
VPA - Volume Procurement Amendment
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VR - Virtual Reality
VRU - Voice Response Unit
VSAM - Virtual Sequential Access Method
VSOS - Virtual Storage Operating System
VT - Virtual Terminal or Vertical Tab key <CTRL/K>
VTOC - Volume Table of Contents
VUPs - Vax Units of Performance (DEC's replacement for MIPS)
VXML - Voice eXtensible Markup Language (WWW)
W - top / bottom of page
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium (WWW)
W2K - Windows 2000 operating system
WACADA - Wisconsin Academic Advising Association
WAIS - Wide Area Information Service (or Server)
WAN - Wide Area Network
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
WATFOR - univ. of WATerloo, ontario FORtran
WBEM - Web Based Enterprise Management
WBT - Web Based Training:
WCB - Web Course in a Box
WCIS - Wisconsin Career Information Service (RSTS/E)
WCM - World Class Manufacturing
WCOA - Wisconsin Coalition of Annuitants
WebDAV - Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WWW)
WEAC - Wisconsin Education Association Council
WE/ED - Weekend/Evening Degree Program (see Center for New Learning)
WEF - World Economic Forum
WELL - Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
WIDL - Web Interface Definition Language (WWW)
WISC - Wisconsin Integrated Software Catalog (UW System)
WiscNet - WISConsin NETwork
WISDM - WISconsin Data Mart (UW System) [replaced Advantage General Ledger, 7-01-2001]
WITPA - Wisconsin Information Technology Processing Utility (Wis.)
WNIM - Wide area Network Interface Module
WORM - Write-Once-Read-Many (type of disk drive)
WP - Word Processing
WRS - Wisconsin Retirement System
WSCA - Western States Contracting Alliance
WSEU - Wisconsin State Employees Union
WSH - Windows Scripting Host
WSRCC - Wilson Street Regional Computing Center (Wis.)
WTCS - Wisconsin Technical College System
WWBLS - Wisconsin Web-Based Learning System
WWHEL - Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (UW Oshkosh)
WWW - World Wide Web
WYN - Wisconsin Youth in Nursing - (UW Oshkosh)
WYSIWYG - What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (whi'-zy-wig)
X - top / bottom of page
XA - eXtended Architecture (IBM)
XCOFF - eXtended Common Object File Format
XML - eXtensible Markup Language (WWW)
XMS - eXtended Memory Specification
XNS - Xerox Network System
XOFF - <CTRL/S> key press (handshake)
XON - <CTRL/Q> key press (handshake)
XOR - eXclusive OR
XP - eXPerience (Windows OS)
XQP - eXtended QIO Processor (VAX)
XRF - eXtended Recovery Facility (IBM)
XSL - eXtensible Style Language (WWW)
XSSI - eXtended Server-Side Includes (WWW)
X25NET - X.25 Network
Y - top / bottom of page
Y2K - Year 2000 (refers to the 2 digit year computer problem)
YES - Young Entrepreneurs Society (UW Oshkosh)
YMMV - your mileage may vary (E-Mail)
Z - top / bottom of page
ZIP Code - Zoned Improvement Plan (USPS)
3 - top / bottom of page
3DGF - 3-D Geometry File (graphics file format)
4 - top / bottom of page
4GL - 4th Generation Language (eg. SQL)

UW Oshkosh Campus Building Codes


A    -  Albee Hall
AC   -  Arts & Communication Center
BLC  -  Blackhawk Commons
C    -  Clow Social Science Center (pronounced to rhyme with throw)
CF   -  Clow Faculty
CL   -  Ceramics Lab
D    -  Dempsey Hall
FMC  -  Facilities Management Center
FS   -  Field Studies
G    -  Gruenhagen Conference Center
H    -  Harrington Hall
HP   -  Heating Plant
HS   -  Halsey Science Center
HW   -  Hazardous Waste Building
K    -  Kolf Physical Education Center
MEC  -  Multicultural Education Center
NE   -  Nursing/Education Building
OH   -  Oviatt House
P    -  Polk Library
PAH  -  Pollock Alumni House
R    -  Reeve Union
RC   -  River Commons
RH   -  Radford Hall
S    -  Swart Hall
UPD  -  University Police Department

On selected pages, I am deleting selected links to other domains. Because of my advanced age, in the not all that distant future, maintaining this site may become impossible due to poor health, or passing away. I have paid domain and hosting fees in advance for several years, so this site will remain on-line, and hopefully it will be still useful for many years to come. But when the time comes and updates can no longer be made, dead links to other sites, which can never be corrected, will impair the ease of accessing the information on this domain.

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Please send additions and/or corrections to Doug Henkle: henkle@pobox.com
P.O. Box 331, Ripon, WI 54971-0331

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