Abbreviations And Acronyms - IBM eserver i5 Handbook

Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004

Abbreviations and acronyms

Measurements
K 1,024 bytes
M 1,000,000 bytes
M 1,048,576 bytes
G 1,000M bytes
T 1,000G bytes
bps bits per second
Kbps 1,024 bps
Mbps 1,048,576 bps
lpm lines per minute
lpi lines per inch
cps characters per second
cpi characters per inch
bpi bits per inch
cpl characters per line
ips inches per second
dpi dots per inch
ipm impressions per minute
Keywords
ACD Automated Call Director
ACL Auto Cartridge Loader
ADCS Advanced Data Communications for
Stores
ADM Application Development Manager
ADS Application Dictionary Services
ADSTAR Distributed Storage
ADSM
Manager
AFP Advanced Function Printing
APAR Authorized Program Analysis
Report
application programming interface
API
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APPC Advanced Program to Program
Communication
APPN Advanced Peer to Peer Network
APW Advanced Print Writer
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASMI Advanced System Management
Interface
ASP Application Solution Provider
ASP auxiliary storage pool
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
AUI Attachment Interface Unit
AWT Abstract Windowing Toolkit
B2B business to business
B2C business to consumer
B2E business to employee
BBU Battery Backup Unit
BGU Business Graphics Utility
BI Business Intelligence
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BLOB binary large object
Basic Mapping Support
BMS
BRI Basic Rate Interface
BRMS Backup and Recovery Media
Services
BSC bisynchronous
BSF Bean Scripting Framework
CBU Capacity Backup
CBX computerized
CCA Common Cryptographic
Architecture
CCIN Custom Card Identification Number
CCSID Coded Character Set ID
CCW Continuous Composite Worm
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