Principaux acronymes utilisés en informatique Retour au glossaire SCSI Membre de Click-FR®, Réseau francophone Paie-Par-Click ACID Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability ACL Access Control List ACM Association for Computer Machinery ACMS Application Control and Management System (DEC Transaction manager) ADT Abstract Data Type   AEI Application Enabling Interface AES Application Environment Specification (OSF) AFS Andrew File System AI Artificial Intelligence AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive (IBM UNIX operating system) ANDF Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (OSF) ANS American National Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute API Application Programming Interface APP Application Portability Profile (NIST) APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications (IBM) APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (IBM) AR Application Requester (IBM DRDA) AS Application Server (IBM DRDA) AS/400 Application System/400 IBM) ASCII American National Standard Code for Information Interchange ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation.1 (ISO Standard) ATMI Application Transaction Management Interface B-TREE Balanced Tree BCNF Boyce/Codd Normal Form BER Basic Encoding Rules BLOB Binary Large Object BSC Binary Synchronous Communication C2 Minimum security level defined by National Computer Security Center CAD Computer-Aided Design CAE Common Applications Environment (X/Open) CAE Computer-Aided Engineering CAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing CASE Computer-Aided Software Engineering CCITT Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphie et Telephonie CCR Commit Control and Recovery (OSI standard) CCS Common Communications Support (IBM SAA) CDA Compound Document Architecture CDRA Character Data Representation Architecture (IBM) CDS Cell Directory Service (OSF DCE) CICS Customer Control Information System (IBM transaction manager) CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing CLI Call-Level Interface CM Communications Manager CMIP Common Management Information Protocol CMS Conversational Monitor System (IBM) CODASYL Committee On Data System Languages CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture (OMG) COS Corporation for Open Systems International COSE Common Open Software Environment CPI Common Programming Interface (IBM SAA) CPI-C Common Programming Interface Communications (IBM SAA) CPI-RR Common Programming Interface Recovery (IBM SAA) CPU Central Processing Unit CRC Cyclical Redundancy Check CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CUA Common User Access (IBM SAA) DA Data Administrator DAL Data Access Language (Apple) DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DASD Direct Access Storage Device DB Database DB/DC Database/Data Communications DB2 Database 2 (IBM) DBA Database Administrator DBCS Double-Byte Character Set DBM Database Manager (or machine) DBMS Database Management System DBS Database System DBTG Database Task Group (subcommittee of COSASYL) DC Data Communications DCE Distributed Computing Environment DCL Data Control Language DDBMS Distributed Data Management System DDCS Distributed Data Connection Services/2 (IBM) DDE Distributed Data Exchange (MS Windows) DDF Distributed Data Facility DDL Data Definition Language DDM Distributed Data Management (IBM SNA) DES Data Encryption Standard DFD Data Flow Diagram DFS Distributed File System DIA Data Interchange Architecture DIF Data Interchange Format DIS Data Interpretation System (IBM) DIS Draft International Standard DLL Dynamic Link Library DLR Dynamic Link Routine DME Distributed Management Environment (OSF) DML Data Manipulation Language DNA Digital Network Architecture (DEC) DNS Domain Name Service DOS Disk Operating System DP Data Processing DPL Distributed Program Link (IBM CICS) DPMA Data Processing Management Association DPROP Data Propagator (IBM) DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture (IBM) DS Database Server DSS Decision Support System DTP Distributed Transaction Processing DTS Distributed Time Services (OSF DCE) DUW Distributed Unit of Work (IBM) DXT Data Extract (IBM) EBCDIC Extended Binary-Code Decimal Interchange Code ECI External Call Interface (IBM CICS) ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association EDI Electronic Data Interchange EDIF Electronic Design Interchange Form EHLLAPI Emulator High-Level Language Application Programming Interface EIS Executive Information System EMA Enterprise Management Architecture (DEC) ER Entity/Relationship ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM) ETIS European Telecommunications Information Service FAP Formats and Protocols FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FD:OCA Formatted Data Object Content Architecture (IBM) FDBMS Federated Database Management System FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FIFO First In First Out FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second FMH Function Management Header FSM Finite-State Machine FTP File Transfer Protocol GDS General Data Stream GDS Global Directory Service (OSF DCE) GIF Graphic Interchange Format, pronounced "jiff" GIS Geographic Information System GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile GUI Graphical User Interface HDLC High-level Data Link Control HPFS High Performance File System (IBM OS/2) HTML HyperText Markup Language HTTP servers HyperText Transport Protocol I/O Input/Output ID Identifier IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface IDL Interface Definition Language IDMS Integrated Database Management System (Computer Associates) IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IGFOS International Government Forum for Open Systems IMS/TM Information Management System/Transaction Manager (IBM transaction manager) IP Internet Protocol IPC Inter-Process Communication IPX Internet Packet eXchange (Novell) IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System IRM Information Resource Management IS Information System ISAM Indexed Sequential Access Method ISC Inter-System Communication (IBM) ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network ISO International Organization for Standardization ISV Independent Software Vendor IT Information Technology IXF Integration Exchange Format (IBM) JAD Joint Application Development JCL Job Control Language (IBM) JCT1 Joint Technical Committee 1 (ISO/IEC information technology committee) JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group Kerberos Security system developed by MIT LAN Local Area Network LIFO Last In Last Out LR Logical Record LSN Log Sequence Number LU Logical Unit LU2 Logical Unit Type 2 (IBM SNA host to 3270) LU6.2 Logical Unit Type 6.2 (IBM SNA program to program) LUW Logical Unit of Work MACH UNIX operating system developed by Carnegie-Mellon MAN Metropolitan Area Network MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol MAPI Mail API (Microsoft) MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second MIS Management Information System MLFLOPS Millions of Floating Point Instructions Per Second Motif User interface developed by OSF MP Multi-Processor MPE Multi-Programming Executive (HP) MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group MPP Massively Parallel Processing MQI Message Queuing Interface (IBM) MRO Multi-Region Operation (IBM CICS) MSA SNA Management Services Architecture (IBM) MSDOS Microsoft Disk Operating System MTTF Mean Time to Failure MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System MVS Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM) NAS Network Application Support (DEC) NCP Network Control Program NCS Network Computing System (HP/Apollo RPC mechanism) NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications NCSC National Computer Security Center NDL Network Database Language NFS Network File System NIDL Network Interface Definition Language NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NLM NetWare Loadable Module (Novell) NLS National Language Support NOS Network Operating System NPL Non-procedural language NPT Non-Programmable Terminal NSTL National Software Testing Laboratory OCR Optical Character Recognition ODBC Open Database Connectivity (Microsoft) OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OLCP On-Line Complex Processing OLE Object Linking and Embedding (MS Windows) OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing OMG Object Management Group OMI Open Messaging Interface (Lotus) ONC Open Network Computing (Sun) OO Object-Oriented OOA Object-Oriented Analysis OODBMS Object-Oriented Database Management System OOPS Object-Oriented Programming System OS Operating System OS/2 Operating system/2 (IBM) OSE Open Systems Environment (POSIX) OSF Open Software Foundation OSI Open Systems Interconnection OU OpenLook User interface developed by Sun PAD Packet Assembler/Disassembler PC Personal Computer PIU Path Information Unit PL/1 Programming Language/1 (IBM) PLU Primary Logical Unit PM OS/2 Presentation Manager (IBM) POSC Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation POSIX Portable Operating System Interface PS LU6.2 Presentation Services PSDN Packet-Switched Data Network PTP Peer-to-Peer PU Physical Unit PWS Programmable Workstation QBE Query by Example QMF Query Management Facility (IBM) RAD Rapid Application Development RAID Redundant (or Reliable) Array of Inexpensive Disks RAM Random Access Memory RAMP Risk Analysis and Management Program RAS Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability RBA Relative Byte Address RDA Remote Data Access (ISO standard) RDB Relational Database RDBMS Relational Database Management System RDS Remote Data Services (IBM OS/2) RH Request/Response Header RID Record Identifier RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing RM LU6.2 Resource Manager RMID Resource Manager Identifier RMS Record Management Services (DEC) ROSE Remote Operations Services (ISO standard) RPC Remote Procedure Call RPL Remote Program Link RRDF Remote Recovery Data Facility (IBM) RRN Related Record Number RRU Request/ Response Unit RUW Remote Unit of Work (IBM) SAA System Application Architecture (IBM) SAG SQL Access Group SAM Sequential Access Method SC21 ISO/IEC JTC1 Sub-Committee for OSI, data management and DTP SCSI Small Computer System Interface SDK Software Developer's Kit SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control SDM Semantic Data Model SLIP Connection Serial Line Internet Protocol SLU Secondary Logical Unit SMP Symmetric Multiprocessing SMS System Managed Storage (IBM) SNA Systems Network Architecture (IBM) SNADS Systems Network Architecture Distributed Services (IBM) SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture SPI System Programming Interface SPX Sequenced Packet eXchange (Novell) SQL Structured Query Language SRPI Server-Requester Programming Interface (IBM) SSCP System Services Control Point SVID UNIX System V Interface Definitions SVR4 UNIX System V Release 4 TC Transmission Control layer TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TDS Tabular Data Stream (Sybase) TH Transmission Header TIFF Tagged Image File Format TLI Transport Level Interface TM Transaction Manager (Tandem transaction manager) TMF Transaction Monitoring Facility TOP Technical and Office Protocol TP Transaction Program TPC Transaction Processing Council TPCP Two Phase Commit Protocol TPF Transaction Processing Facility (IBM transaction manager) TPM Transaction Processing Manager TPOS Transaction Processing Operating System TPS Transactions Per Second TRN Token Ring Network TRPC Transactional Remote Procedure Call TSO Time Sharing Option (IBM) TX Transaction UDF User-Defined function ULTRIX DEC UNIX operating system UOW Unit of Work URL Uniform Resource Locator USL UNIX System Laboratories VAR Value Added Reseller VAX Virtual Address eXtension (DEC) VCS Version Control System VINES Virtual Networking System (Banyan) VM Virtual Machine (IBM)   VMS Virtual Memory System (DEC)   VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method (IBM) VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (IBM) WAIS Wide Area Information Service WAL Write Ahead Log WAN Wide Area Network WIMPS Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers, and Scroll Bars WWW World Wide Web WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get X Window. A windowing API developed by MIT X.25 A CCITT standard for packet switched networks X.400 A CCITT mail and messaging standard X.500 A CCITT directory services standard X/Open An international consortium of computer vendors X/Open DTP X/Open Distributed Transaction Processing X/Open XA X/Open API between resource managers (part of X/Open DTP) X11.3 X Windows Release 3 X3H2 ANSI database committee XPG X/Open Portability Guide XRF Extended Recovery Facility (IBM) XTI X/Open Transport Interface   Dernière mise à jour : 12/12/99 23:04:03 +0100 Depuis le 20 août 1997, visiteurs ont visité ce site. Merci à eux ;-)