| Term | Description |
|---|
| C | C Programming Language
|
| C&T | Chips and Technologies
|
| C++ | An extension of the C programming language. |
| C/D | Control Data
|
| C/S | Client/Server
|
| C2D | Character To Decimal [REXX]
|
| C2T | Cable Changing Technology
|
| C2X | Character To Hexadecimal [REXX]
|
| C64/128 | The Commodore 64 computer to this day holds the record for being the most successful model of computer ever made with even the lowest estimates being in the tens of millions. Its big brother, the Commodore 128, was not quite as popular but still sold several million units. Both units sported ROM-based BASIC and used it as a default "OS". The C128 also came with CP/M (it was a not-often-exercized option on the C64). In their later days they were also packaged with GEOS. Both are based on 65xx family processors. They are still in use today and boast a friendly and surprisingly active user community. There is even a current effort to port Linux to the C64 and C128 machines. |
| CA | Certification Authority + Collision Avoidance
|
| CAB | Compressed Application Binary [Microsoft]
|
| Cache | RAMmemory set aside as a buffer between the CPUand either a harddisk or slower RAM. Because a cache can be accessed quickly, it speeds upgeneral data flow. |
| CACLS | Command-Line Access Control Lists [Microsoft]
|
| CAD | Computer Aided Design
|
| CADD | Computer Aided Design and Drafting
|
| CADE | Client/server Application Development Environment
|
| CAE | Client Application Enabler + Common Applications
Environment + Computer Aided Engineering
|
| CAEN | Chemically Assembled Electronic Nanocomputer
|
| CAEX | Computer Aided Exploration
|
| CAG | Column Address Generator
|
| CAI | Computer Aided Instruction
|
| CAIRN | Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network
|
| CAL | Calendar + Client Access License +
Computer Aided Learning
|
| CALS | Computer-Aided Acquisition in Logistic Support
|
| CAM | Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing +
Contents Addressable Memory
|
| CAN | Cancel + Controller Area Network
|
| CANBUS | Conroller Area Network Bus
|
| CAP | Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation +
Central Arbitration Point +
Communication Application Platform +
Competitive Access Provider +
Computer Aided Publishing
|
| CAPD | Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns
Hopkins University]
|
| CAPE | Concurrent Art-to-Product Environment
|
| CAPS | Capitals (Upper Case Letters) +
Cassette Programming System
|
| CAR | Committed Access Rate [Cisco]
|
| Card | A hardwareexpansion unit which is installed inside the case of a computer, into anexpansion slot on the motherboard. |
| CARL | Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries [Internet]
|
| CART | Computer-Assisted Radar Tomography
|
| Cartridge Font | See fontcartridge. |
| CAS | Column Address Select/Strobe +
Communications Application Specification +
Computer Aided Styling
|
| Cascade | In Windows.A way of arranging open windowson the desktopso that they overlap each other, with the title bar of each window remainingvisible. |
| Cascading menu | Also called a hierarchical menu or submenu.A menuthat opens from a command on another menu. In Windows,a commandthat opens a cascading menu has a right arrow next to it. |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering
|
| CASL | Crosstalk Application Scripting Language [DCA]
|
| CASS | Computer Assisted Search Service
|
| CASSIS | Classified and Search Support Information System
|
| CAT | Computer Adaptive Test + Computer Aided Testing +
Computer Aided Tomography +
Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate
|
| CATS | Computer Assisted Training System
|
| CATV | Community Antenna Television (this was the original
name for what is now known as Cable TV)
|
| CAU | Controlled Access Unit
|
| CAV | Constant Angular Velocity
|
| CAVE | Computer Automatic Virtual Environment
|
| CBC | Cipher Block Chaining
|
| CBCR | Channel Byte Count Register
|
| CBDS | Connectionless Broadband Data Service
|
| CBEMA | Computer and Business Equipment
Manufacturers Association
|
| CBGA | Ceramic Ball Grid Array
|
| CBI | Computer Based Instruction\Instrumentation
|
| CBL | Computer Based Learning
|
| CBMS | Computer-Based Mail System
|
| CBN | Community Based Networks
|
| CBR | Case Based Reasoning + Constant Bit Rate
|
| CBT | Computer Based Training
|
| CBW | Convert Byte to Word
|
| CBX | Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange
|
| CC | Cluster Controller
|
| CC/PP | Composite Capabilities/Preference Profile
|
| CC: | Carbon Copy
|
| CCD | Charged-Coupled Device
|
| CCFT | Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
|
| CCI | Common Client Interface
|
| CCIE | Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert [Cisco]
|
| CCITT | Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et
Telephonique/ Consultative Committee for International
Telegraph and Telephone
|
| CCL | Connection/Cursor Control Language
|
| CCM | Corba Component Mode
|
| CCNA | Cisco Certified Network Associate
|
| CCNP | Cisco Certified Network Professional
|
| CCP | Certified Computing Professional +
Console Command Processor
|
| CCS | Common Command Set + Common Communications Services +
Common Communications Support +
Continuous Composite Servo + Cryptographic Checksum
|
| CCSD | Cellular Circuit-Switched Data
|
| CCTLD | Country Code Top-Level Domain
|
| CD | Carrier Detect + Change Directory +
Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk
|
| CD+G | Compact Disk plus Graphics
|
| CD-DA | Compact Disk - Digital Audio
|
| CD-E | Compact Disk - Erasable
|
| CD-I | Compact Disk - Interactive
|
| CD-MO | Compact Disk - Magneto Optical
|
| CD-R | Compact Disk - Recordable
|
| CD-RAM | Cached RAM
|
| CD-RDx | Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard
|
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
|
| CD-ROM-XA | CD-ROM Extended Architecture
|
| CD-RTOS | Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System
|
| CD-RW | Compact Disk - Rewritable
|
| CD-V | Compact Disk - Video
|
| CD-WO | Compact Disk - Write Once
|
| CD-XA | Compact Disk - Extended Architecture
|
| CDA | Compound Document Architecture [DEC]
|
| CDBT | Compact Disk-Based Training
|
| CDC | Connected Device Configuration +
Control Data Corporation
|
| CDDI | Copper Distributed Data Interface
|
| CDE | Common Desktop Environment + Complex Data Entry
|
| CDF | Channel Definition Format
|
| CDFS | Compact Disc File System [Microsoft]
|
| CDIA | Certified Document Imaging Architect
|
| CDL | Computer Design Language
|
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access
|
| CDMF | Commercial Data Masking Facility [IBM]
|
| CDO | Collaboration Data Objects [Microsoft]
|
| CDOS | Concurrent Disk Operating System
|
| CDP | Certificate In Data Processing (First certification
for Computer Professionals)
|
| CDPD | Cellular Digital Packet Data
|
| CDR | Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording +
Common Data Representation
|
| CDRL | Contract Data Requirements List
|
| CDS | Current Directory Structure
|
| CDSA | Common Data Security Architecture
|
| CDSL | (See DSL)
|
| CD_CHRDY | Card Channel Ready [IBM]
|
| CE | Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination +
Convert Enable
|
| CEC | Certified E-Commerce Consultant
|
| CEG | Continuous Edge Graphics
|
| CEI | Conducted Electromagnetic Interference
|
| CELP | Card Edge Low Profile (socket) [Intel]
|
| CEMS | Constituent Electronic Mail System
|
| Centronics interface (cable) | See ParallelInterface. |
| CEOP | Conditional End Of Page
|
| CER | Canonical Encoding Rules
|
| CERN | The European Particle Physics Laboratory (initials
originally from Conseil Europien pour la Recherche
Nucliaire)
|
| CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team
|
| CFB | Cipher Feedback + Configurable Function Block
|
| CFM | Code Fragment Manager [Macintosh] +
Cubic Feet Per Minute
|
| CFML | ColdFusion Markup Language
|
| CFR | Computerized Facial Recognition
|
| CFS | Caching/Common File System
|
| CFV | Call For Votes [Bitnet]
|
| CG | Control Gate
|
| CGA | Color Graphics Adapter
|
| CGE | Common Graphics Environment
|
| CGI | Computer Generated Images + Computer Graphics Interface
|
| CGI-BIN | Common Gateway Interface - Binary
|
| CGS | Continuous-Grain Silicon
|
| chain | Some computer devices support chaining, the ability to string multiple devices in a sequence plugged into just one computer port. Often, but not always, such a chain will require some sort of terminator to mark the end. For an example, a SCSI scanner may be plugged into a SCSI CD-ROM drive that is plugged into a SCSI hard drive that is in turn plugged into the main computer. For all these components to work properly, the scanner would also have to have a proper terminator in use. Device chaining has been around a long time, and it is interesting to note that C64/128 serial devices supported it from the very beginning. Today the most common low-cost chainable devices in use support USB while the fastest low-cost chainable devices in use support FireWire. |
| CHAP | Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
|
| CHAR | Character
|
| Character set | A group of letters,numbers, and symbols that have some relationship in common. For example, the ASCIIcharacter set contains characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme. |
| CHAT | Conversational Hypertext Access Technology [Internet]
|
| CHCK | Channel Check
|
| CHCP | Change Code Page
|
| CHDIR | Change Directory
|
| Check box | Found in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).A small square box that appears in a dialogbox and that can be selected or cleared. When the check box is selected, anX appears in the box (alternately, it can be darkened, or identified as selectedin another way). A check box represents an option that you can turn on and off. |
| CHFN | Change Finger [Unix]
|
| CHGRP | Change Group
|
| CHIPS | Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System
|
| CHKDSK | Check Disk
|
| CHMOD | Change Mode
|
| Chooser | On Macintoshes,the facility that controls the selecting of printers, fileservers, and other networked devices. |
| CHOWN | Change Owner
|
| CHP | Chapter
|
| CHR | Character
|
| CHRP | Common Hardware Reference Platform
|
| CHS | Cylinders, Heads, Sectors
|
| CHTML | Compressed HTML
|
| CI | Component Interface
|
| CIA | Current Instruction Address
|
| CIAC | Computer Incident Advisory Capability
|
| CICS/VS | Customer Information Control System/
Virtual Storage [IBM]
|
| CID | Charge-Injection Device +
Configuration/Installation/Distribution
|
| CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing
|
| CIF | Common Interchange/Intermediate Format +
Crystallographic Information File +
Customer Information Feed
|
| CIFS | Common Internet File System
|
| CIL | Common Intermediate Language [ECMA]
|
| CIM | Common Information Model +
CompuServe Information Manager +
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
|
| CIO | Chief Information Officer
|
| CIOCS | Communication Input/Output Control System
|
| CIP | Command Interface Port + Common Indexing Protocol
|
| CIR | Committed Information Rate
|
| CIRC | Circular Reference +
Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code
|
| CIS | Card Information Structure + Client Information System +
CompuServe Information Service +
Computer Information Systems + Contact Image Sensor +
Customer Information System
|
| CISC | Complex Instruction Set Computing
|
| CIT | Computer-Integrated Telephony
|
| CIVR | Computer and Interactive Voice Response
|
| CIW | Certified Internet Webmaster
|
| CIX | Commercial Internet Exchange +
Compulink Information Exchange
|
| CJLI | Command Job Language Interpreter
|
| CKD | Count Key Data (device)
|
| CLAR | Channel Local Address Register
|
| Claris | A softwarecompany owned by Applewhich markets Apple's software while Apple Corporation officially markets onlyhardware. Claris also produces Windowssoftware. Some Claris products are Claris Works, Claris Draw, and FileMaker Pro. |
| CLASS | Client Access to Systems and Services +
Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services +
Custom Local-Area Signaling Services
|
| CLC | Clear Carry Flag
|
| CLD | Clear Direction Flag
|
| CLDC | Connected Limited Device Configuration
|
| CLEC | Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
|
| CLI | Call-Level Interface + Clear Interrupt Flag +
Client Library Interface + Command Line Interface +
Common Language Infrastructure/Interface
|
| CLIB | C Library
|
| click | To press a mouse button. When done twice in rapid succession, it is referred to as a double-click. |
| CLID | Calling Line Identification
|
| Client | A computer using services orresources provided by a remote machine, called a server.Often, communications software will have a separate version for the client, orguest, and the server, or host. |
| ClipArt | Images that are available foruse on computers. Companies have begun to sell collections of ClipArt that maybe useful in business, etc. documents. |
| Clipboard | A temporary storagelocation used to transfer data between documentsand between applications.Typically, you transfer data to the Clipboard by using an application's Copy orCut command, and you insert data from the Clipboard by using the applications'sPaste command. In Windows, you use the Clipboard Viewer to view the contents ofthe Clipboard. On the Macintosh, you choose Show Clipboard from the edit orwindow menu of most applications. |
| CLIST | Command List
|
| CLK | Clock
|
| CLNP | Connectionless Network Protocol
|
| CLOS | Common Lisp Object System
|
| Close Box | On the Macintosh,small square in the upper-left hand corner of a window that allows you to Closethat window. |
| CLP | Cell Loss Priority + Constraint Logic Programming
|
| CLR | Common Language Runtime [Microsoft]
|
| CLS | Clear Screen + Common Language Support
|
| CLSID | Class Identifier
|
| CLTP | Connectionless Transport Protocol
|
| CLTS | Clear Task Switch Flag
|
| CLTV | Constant Linear Time Velocity
|
| CLUI | Command Line User Interface
|
| Cluster | A group of sectors on a disk.DOSallocates disk space to files in clusters. |
| CLUT | Color Look-Up Table
|
| CLV | Constant Linear Velocity
|
| CM | Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance
|
| CMA | Concert Multi-thread Architecture
|
| CMC | Common Mail Calls + Common Messaging Calls +
Communication Management Configuration +
Complement Carry Flag +
Computer-Mediated Communication [Internet]
|
| CMD | Circuit Mode Data
|
| CMF | Creative Music Format
|
| CMIP | Common Management Information Protocol
|
| CMIS | Common Management Information Services/System
|
| CML | Chemical Markup Language + Conceptual Modelling Language +
Computer Managed Learning + Current Mode Logic
|
| CMM | Capability Maturity Model
|
| CMMS | Computerized Maintenance Management Software
|
| CMMU | Cache/Memory Management Unit [Motorola]
|
| CMOS | Coats-Mellon Operational Specification +
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
|
| CMOV | Conditional Move
|
| CMP | Compare + Computer
|
| CMPS | Compare Word String
|
| CMS | Call Management Server + Code Management System +
Compiler Monitor System + Conversation Monitor System
|
| CMTS | Cable Modem Termination System
|
| CMVC | Configuration Management Version Control [IBM]
|
| CMW | Compartmented Mode Workstation
|
| CMY | Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (color model)
|
| CMYK | Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model)
|
| CNA | Certified NetWare/Network Administrator
|
| CNAPS | Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems
|
| CNC | Computerized Numerical Control
|
| CNE | Certified NetWare Engineer
|
| CNG | Calling (tone)
|
| CNI | Certified Novell Instructor [Novell]
|
| CNIDR | Clearinghouse for Network Information and
Discovery and Retrieval [Internet]
|
| CNN | Composite Network Node
|
| CNR | Carrier to Noise Ratio + Communication Network Riser
|
| CNSS | Core Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet]
|
| CNV | Conventional (pertaining to Memory)
|
| CNVT | Convert
|
| CNX | Certified Network Expert
|
| CO | Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out
|
| COAST | Card On A Stick (module)
|
| COAX | Coaxial Cable
|
| Coaxial cable | A type of cablethat is commonly used due to its insensitivity to noise interference. Coaxialcable is often used in Ethernetnetworks; both thick(10Base5) and thin(10Base2) ethernet cables are coaxial. |
| COB | Chip-On-Board
|
| COBOL | Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL)
|
| CODASYL | Conference on Data System Languages (Group that
designed COBOL)
|
| CODE | Client-Server Open Development Environment
|
| CODEC | Coder/Decoder + Compression/Decompression
|
| COEM | Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
|
| COFF | Common Object File Format [Unix]
|
| COGO | Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language)
|
| COL | Collision + Computer Oriented Language
|
| COLD | Computer Output to Laser Disk
|
| COLL | Collision
|
| COM | Component Object Model [Microsoft] +
Computer Output Microfilm
|
| COM Port | Also called a serialport. A connection on an IBM orcompatible computer, usually named COM1, where you plug in the cable for aserial device. Common serial devices are printers and modems. Serial ports aresmaller than parallelports and usually contain 9 pins. |
| COM1 | First serial Port (asynchronous port)
|
| COM2 | Second serial Port
|
| COM3 | Third serial Port
|
| COM4 | Fourth serial Port
|
| COMDEX | Computer Dealers Exposition
|
| COMET | Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator
|
| COMM | Communications
|
| Command | A word or phrase, usually foundin a menu, that you choose in order to carry out an action. You choose a commandfrom a menu, or type a command at the MS-DOS prompt. Some commands are Format,Edit, Open, etc. |
| Command Key | A key found on the keyboards of some computerswhich often modifies the action performed when pressing another key incombination with it. On a Macintosh, the command key is marked with the MacApple symbol and a symbol resembling a cloverleaf. |
| Command Line | Commands you type to run an application. Youcan type commands at an MS-DOS prompt or in the Run dialog box in the ProgramManager of Windows. Interfaces in which you type commands rather than choosethem from a menu are often called command line interfaces. MS-DOS has a commandline interface while the Macintosh does not. |
| Command Line Interface (CLI) | A way of accessing a computer, based on typingcommands rather than selecting icons and menu items (compare with GUI). |
| Command Prompt | Usually refers tothe MS-DOSprompt. The character or characters that appear at the beginning of the commandline (usually "C:"), indicating that the computer is ready to recieve input. |
| COMP | Compare
|
| COMP. | Computers [USENET Newsgroup Category]
|
| compiled | If a program is compiled, its original human-readable source has been converted into a form more easily used by a computer prior to it being run. Such programs will generally run more quickly than interpreted programs, because time was pre-spent in the compilation phase. A program that compiles other programs is called a compiler. |
| Compiler | A programwhich translates sourcecode written in a particular programing language into computer-readablemachine code that can be executed on its own. Compare with Interpreter. |
| compression | It is often possible to remove redundant information or capitalize on patterns in data to make a file smaller. Usually when a file has been compressed, it cannot be used until it is uncompressed. Image files are common exceptions, though, as many popular image file formats have compression built-in. |
| COMSAT | Communications Satellite Corporation
|
| CON | Console (includes Keyboard and Screen)
|
| Concentrator | permits you to position machines closertogether on the networkcable than you could otherwise. If you use a twisted-paircable, you need a concentrator. |
| COND | Condition
|
| CONFIG | Configuration
|
| CONFIG.SYS | A textfile that DOSreads when bootingwhich instructs the computer about the configuration of the machine. Config.syscontains configuration commands which enable or disable system features, setlimits on resources, and extend the operatingsystem functionality by loading devicedrivers. |
| CONS | Connection-Oriented Network Service
|
| CONTONE | Continuous Tone
|
| Control Characters | ASCIIcharacters which do not print but give instructions to the computer- usuallyfound in word processors or telecommunications programs. |
| Conventional Memory | In anIBMPC or compatible computer, up to the first 640K of memoryin your computer. MS-DOSby default uses only this memory to run programs. |
| cookie | A cookie is a small file that a web page on another machine writes to your personal machine's disk to store various bits of information. Many people strongly detest cookies and the whole idea of them, and most browsers allow the reception of cookies to be disabled or at least selectively disabled, but it should be noted that both Netscape and MSIE have silent cookie reception enabled by default. Sites that maintain shopping carts or remember a reader's last position have legitimate uses for cookies. Sites without such functionality that still spew cookies with distant (or worse, non-existent) expiration dates should perhaps be treated with a little caution. |
| COPICS | Communications Oriented Production Information
and Control System [IBM]
|
| Copland | A new version of Macintoshsystemsoftware under development, scheduled to be released by 1997. |
| Coprocessor | An additional processorchip which increases the computer's speed by handling specialized chores such asmath or graphics. |
| COR | Common Object Runtime
|
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture
|
| COREN | Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network
|
| COS | Compatible Operating System
|
| COSE | Combined Office Standard Environment +
Common Open Software/Systems Environment
|
| COSMIC | Computer Software Management and Information
Center [NASA]
|
| COSMOS | Computer System for Mainframe Operations
|
| COSS | Common Object Services Specification
|
| COTS | Commercial Off-The-Shelf (software)
|
| COURRIEL | Courrier Electronique (Electronic Mail)(email)
|
| CP | Copy Protected
|
| CP/M | Control Program for Microcomputers [Digital Research]
|
| CPA | Certified Public Accountant + Cost Per Action
|
| CPAN | Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
|
| CPC | Constant Point Calculation + Cost Per Click
|
| CPCS | Check Processing Control System [IBM]
|
| CPE | Central Processing Element +
Customer Premises Equipment +
Customer Provided Equipment
|
| CPFR | Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment
|
| CPG | Clock Pulse Generator
|
| CPI | Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction +
Common Programming Interface [IBM]
|
| CPI-C | Common Programming Interface for Communications [IBM]
|
| CPIO | Copy In and Out [Unix]
|
| CPL | Current Privilege Level
|
| CPLD | Complex Programmable Logic Device
|
| CPM | Critical Path Method
|
| CPO | Chief Privacy Officer
|
| CPRM | Content Protection for Recordable Media
|
| CPS | Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second
|
| CPT | Command Pass Through
|
| CPU | Central Processing Unit
|
| CPW | Commercial Processing Workload [IBM]
|
| CR | Carriage Return
|
| CR/LF | Carriage Return/Line Feed
|
| CRAM | Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism +
Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement
|
| crash | If a bug in a program is severe enough, it can cause that program to crash, or to become inoperable without being restarted. On machines that are not multitasking, the entire machine will crash and have to be rebooted. On machines that are only partially multitasking the entire machine will sometimes crash and have to be rebooted. On machines that are fully multitasking, the machine should never crash and require a reboot. |
| Cray | A Cray is a high-end computer used for research and frequently heavy-duty graphics applications. Modern Crays typically have Solaris for their OS and sport sixty-four RISC processors; older ones had various other configurations. Current top-of-the-line Crays can have over 2000 processors. |
| CRAYON | Create Your Own Newspaper
|
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check
|
| CREN | Computer Research Education Network +
Corporation for Research and Education Networking
|
| CRF | Cable Retransmission Facility + Cross Reference File
|
| CRI | Color Reproduction Indices
|
| crippleware | Crippleware is a variant of shareware that will either self-destruct after its trial period or has built-in limitations to its functionality that get removed after its purchase. |
| CRL | Certificate Revocation List
|
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management
|
| CROM | Control Read Only Memory
|
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube
|
| CRTC | CRT Controller
|
| CRUD | Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete
|
| CS | Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment
|
| CS/SS | Card Service/Socket Service
|
| CSA | Calendaring and Scheduling API [IBM]
|
| CSAR | Channel System Address Register
|
| CSCW | Computer Supported Cooperative Work
|
| CSD | Circuit-Switched Data +
Computer Services Department +
Corrective Service Diskette [IBM]
|
| CSDS | Circuit Switched Data Service
|
| CSE | Certified System Engineer
|
| CSFI | Communication Subsystem For Interconnection
|
| CSG | Constructive Solid Geometry +
Consulting Services Group [Lotus]
|
| CSI | Command Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated
|
| CSID | Call Subscriber Identification
|
| CSL | Computer Sensitive Language
|
| CSLIP | Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol [Internet]
|
| CSM | Code Set Map (file) + Communications Services Manager +
Control Strip Module [Macintosh]
|
| CSMA/CA | Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance
|
| CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection
|
| CSMS | Customer Support Management System
|
| CSN | Card-Select Number
|
| CSNET | Computer Science Network
|
| CSO | Central Services Organization
|
| CSP | Certified Systems Professional +
Chip-Scale Packaging +
Commercial Service Provider +
Commercial Subroutine Package +
CompuCom Speed Protocol [CompuCom] +
Communicating Sequential Processes +
Cross System Product [IBM]
|
| CSPDN | Circuit Switched Public Data Network
|
| CSRAM | Custom Static RAM
|
| CSS | Continuous System Simulator (Language)
|
| CSSM | Client-Server Systems Management [IBM]
|
| CSTA | Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
|
| CSU | Channel Service/Switching Unit
|
| CSV | Circuit-Switched Voice +
Comma-Separated Value/Variable +
Common Services Verbs (interface) [Microsoft]
|
| CTB | Cipher Type Byte
|
| CTC | Channel To Channel + Counter/Timer Chip
|
| CTCP | Client-To-Client Protocol
|
| CTI | Computer-Telephony Integration
|
| CTL | Complex Text Layout
|
| CTOS | Cassette Tape Operating System +
Computerized Tomography Operating System +
Convergent Technologies Operating System
|
| CTPA | Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
|
| CTRCO | Calculating,Tabulating,Recording Company (The name of
this company was changed to "International Business
Machines" by Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
|
| CTRL | Control
|
| CTS | Clear To Send + Computer Telephony Solution [IBM] +
Customer Telephone System
|
| CTSS | Compatible Time Sharing System
|
| CU-SeeMe | A videoconferencing protocolproduced by Cornell University. Enables real-time video and audio connectionover TCP/IP.Supported on Macintoshand PCplatforms. |
| CUA | Common User Access [IBM]
|
| CUB | Cursor Backward
|
| CUD | Cursor Down
|
| CUE | Custom Updates and Extras (card) [Egghead Software]
|
| CUF | Cursor Forward
|
| CUI | Character-Oriented User Interface +
Common User Interface [IBM]
|
| CUP | Cursor Position
|
| CUPID | Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST]
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| Cursor | Sometimes called a pointer. An iconon the screen that moves when the computer's mouseis moved, allowing the user to "point" to a command or position on the screen. |
| CUSIP | Committee for Uniform Security Identification
Procedures [U.S. Treasury]
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| CUT | Control Unit Terminal
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| CUTE | Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
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| CUU | Cursor Up
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| CVF | Compressed Volume File
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| CVGA | Color Video Graphics Array
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| CVIA | Computer Virus Industry Association
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| CVS | Concurrent Versions System
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| CVT | Convert
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| CVW | CodeView for Windows
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| CWA | Competitive Web Analysis
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| CWD | Convert Word to Double Word +
Change Working Directory [Internet]
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| CWIS | Campus Wide Information Service/System [Internet] +
Community Wide Information Service/System [Internet]
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| CXML | Commerce Extensible Markup Language
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| CYL | Cylinder
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| CYMB | Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and Black. Acolor model used for specifying the color of printed matter. This corresponds tothe 4 colors of inks used in most color printers. See also RGBand HLS,common models used to specify colors on monitors.D |
| CYMK | Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black (color model)
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