List Of Abbreviations - IBM i series Handbook

List of Abbreviations

Measurements
K 1,024 bytes
M 1,000,000 bytes
M 1,048,576 bytes
G 1,000 M 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
Keywords
ACD Automated Call Director
ADCS Advanced Data Communications for
Stores
ADSM Adstar Distributed Storage Manager
AFP
Advanced Function Printing
AUI Attachment Interface Unit
APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report
API Application Program Interface
APPC Advanced Program to Program
Communication
APPN Advanced Peer to Peer Network
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
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ASP Auxiliary storage pool
ASP Application Solution Provider
ATM Asynchronous Transfer mode
AWT Abstract Windowing Toolkit
B2B Business to business
B2C Business to consumer
BBU
Battery Backup Unit
BI Business Intelligence
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BLOB Binary Large Object
BRI Basic Rate Interface
BRMS Backup and Recovery Media
Services
BSC Bisynchronous
CBX Computerized
CDMF Commercial Data Masking Facility
CCIN
Custom Card Identification Number
CCSID Coded Character Set ID
CCW Continuous Composite Worm
CEC Central Electronics Complex
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CICS Customer Information Control System
CIF Customer Install Feature
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing
CL Control Language
CLOB Character Large Object
CODE Cooperative Development
Environment
COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk
CORBA Common Object Request Broker
Architecture
CPA Common Programming APIs
CPM Continuously Powered Main Storage
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