| Acronym | Meaning |
| VLB | VESA Local Bus (or VL Bus) |
| MDIS | Metadata Interchange Specification |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| CP/M | Control Program For Microprocessors (Control Program/Monitor) |
| S/MIME | Secure/MIME |
| CIR | Committed Information Rate |
| CDC | Cult Of The Dead Cow |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| TOPS | Transparent Operating System |
| DDS | Digital Data Storage |