| Acronym | Meaning |
| OCX | OLE Custom Control |
| CIE | Color Model = Commission Internationale De L'Eclairage Color Model |
| ISAM | Indexed Sequential Access Method |
| SVC | Switched Virtual Circuit |
| NSFNET | National Science Foundation Network |
| IDE | Intelligent (Integrated) Drive Electronics |
| QCELP | QualComm Code Excited Linear Predictive Coding |
| EMS | Expanded Memory Specification |
| DPMI | DOS Protected Mode Interface |
| RADSL | Rate-Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line |