BOINC Acronyms

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Like many computer projects, the project to develop and field the BOINC System is no exception to the rule that the project must have acronyms that are used as short-cut expressions to long and usually boring names. So, we make up acronyms that are then used as the new "name" of the system, object, software component, etc. Oh, yes, they are also there so the "old-timers" can be smugly superior to the newcomers.

To aid you in your work, we have a list of the common acronyms and links to the expanded name.

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Acronym Definition
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port
ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit
API Application Program Interface (Also Application Programming Interface)
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BOINC Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
BURP Big and Ugly Rendering Project
CAH Climateprediction At Home
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CLI Command Line Version or Command Line or Command Line Interface
cp.net Climateprediction.net
CPDN Climateprediction.net (preferred)
CPID Cross-Project Identifier
CPU Central Processing Unit
DCF Duration Correction Factor
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module
DLT Digital Linear Tape
DNS Domain Name Server, Domain Name System, or Domain Name Service
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
ECC Error Correcting Code
EB Exabyte
EDF Earliest Deadline First
EHz Exahertz
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
FLOPS Floating Point Operations per Second
FPU Floating Point Unit
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GIF Graphic Interchange Format
GB Gigabyte
GHz Gigahertz
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GUI Graphical User Interface
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
IP Internet Protocol
ISP Internet Service Provider
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group
KB Kilobyte
kHz kilohertz
LAH LHC@Home
LHC Large Hadron Collider
LTD Long Term Debt
MB Megabyte
MHz Megahertz
MIPS Million of Instructions per Second
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
MTR Mean Time to Repair
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
NFS Network File System
NSF National Science Foundation
NWF No Work Fetch
PAH Pirates@Home
PB Petabyte
PC Personal Computer
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PHz Petahertz
PPAH Predictor@Home
RAC Recent Average Credit
RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
ROM Read Only Memory
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RSS Really Simple Syndication
SAH SETI@Home
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SETI Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
SPS Standby Power System
SQL Structured Query Language
STD Short Term Debt
TAR True Angle Range
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmisson Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TB Terabyte
THC ThermoHaline Circulation
THz Terahertz
UC University of California
UCB University of California, Berkeley
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply (or Source)
URL Uniform Resource Locator
UTC Universal Time Coordinated
VM Virtual Memory
VoIP Voice Over IP
WAD Working As Designed
WWW World Wide Web
XML eXtensible Markup Language
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