Abbreviations and acronyms 869
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NLS national language support
NNTP Net News Transfer Protocol
NRF Network Routing Facility
NSM Network Station Manager
NTAP Windows NT Application
Processors
ODBC Open Database Connectivity
ODF Object Distribution Facility
OGSA Open Grid Services Architecture
OIA Operator Information Area
OLAP Online Asynchronous Processing
OLE Object Link Embedded
OLP Optical Link Processor
OLTP online transaction processing
ORB Object Request Broker
OSF Open Software Foundation
PASE Portable Application Solutions
Environment
PBX Private Branch Exchange
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCL Printer Control Language
PCML Program Call Markup Language
PDA personal digital assistant
PDF Portable Document Format
PDM Programming Development
Manager
PDML Panel Definition Markup Language
PDPA Physical Device Placement
Assistant
PDU Power Distribution Unit
pHyp POWER Hypervisor
PICS Platform for Internet Content
Selection
PIM personal information management
PIN Personal Identification Number
PING Packet Internet Groper
PLIC Partition Licensed Internal Code
POD Processor on Demand
POE Proof of Entitlement
POP Post Office Protocol
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PRPQ Programming Request for Price
Quotation
PSF Printing Support Facility
PSP preventive service planning
PTF program temporary fix
PVC Private Virtual Circuit
QIC Quarter Inch Cartridge
QMF Query Management Facility
R/DARS Report Data Archive and Retrieval
System
RAD Rapid Application Development
RAID Redundant Array of Independent
Disks
RAS reliability, availability, serviceability
RAS Remote Access Service
RCD Read Cache Device
RDBMS relational database management
system
REXEC Remote Execution
RF Radio Frequency
RFC Request for Comments
RFT Revisable Form Text
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing
RJE Remote Job Entry
RLU Report Layout Utility
RMI remote method invocation
ROLAP relational online analytical
processing
RPG Report Program Generator
RPO Record Purpose Only
RPQ Request for Price Quotation
RPR Relative Performance Rating