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V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

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L1

Level 1 [cache]

L2

Level 2 [cache]

L2F

Layer 2 Forwarding [protocol] (Shiva, Cisco, IP, IPX, LLC)

L2TP

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (PPP, VPN, IP, RFC 2661)

LA

Limited Availability (IBM, OS/2)

LA

Location Area (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems)

LAC

Lotus Authorized Consultants (Lotus)

LADT

Local Access Data Transport

LAEC

Lotus Authorized Education Center (Lotus)

LAG

Logical Address Group (ION)

LAM

Local Area Multicomputer (Parallel Computing)

LAMP

Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Linux, Apache, PHP)

LAN

Local Area Network (LAN)

LANCE

LAN Controller for Ethernet (LAN)

LANE

Local Area Network Emulation [over ATM specification] (ATM)

LANL

Los Alamos National Laboratory (org., USA)

LAP

Link Access Procedure / Protocol (CCITT, X.25)

LAPB

Link Access Procedure - Balanced (CCITT, LAP, X.25)

LAPD

Link Access Procedure on the D channel (X.21, ISDN, TA)

LAPIC

Local Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)

LAPM

Link Access Procedure for Modem

LAPS

LAN Adapter and Protocol Support

LASER

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LASS

Local Area Signaling Service

LAT

Local Area Transport (DEC)

LATA

Local Access Transport Area

LATM

Local Asynchronous Transfer Mode

LAVAS

LAger- und VersandAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG)

LAVC

Local Area VAX Cluster (VAX, DEC)

LAW

Local Authority Workstation

LAWN

Local Area Wireless Network

LBA

Logical Block Addressing (EIDE)

LBM

Local Bus Master

LBN

Logical Block Number (LBA)

LBS

Location Based Service (mobile-systems)

LBT

Local Bus Targets

LBX

Low-Band with X

LC

Linux Computer (Corel)

LC

Loopback Capability (UNI, ATM, OAM)

LCA

[Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Administrator (Linux, GNU, Unix)

LCA

Logic Cell Array

LCC

Local Control Center

LCCM

LAN Client Control Manager (IBM, LAN)

LCD

Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD)

LCD

LISP Code Directory (EMACS)

LCD

Loss of Cell Delineation (UNI, ATM)

LCGI

Local Common Graphics Interface (CGI, WWW)

LCM

LEAF Creation Method (EES, cryptography)

LCN

Logical Channel Numbers

LCOS

Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCD)

LCP

[PPP] Link Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1570)

LCP

[Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Professional (Linux, GNU, Unix)

LCR

Least Cost Routing

LCS

Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT)

LCS

Linux Compatibility Standard (Linux)

LCS

Liquid Crystal Shutter

LCS

Lotus Communication Server

LCSS

Liquid Crystal Stereoscopic Shutter [display]

LCT

Last Compliance Time (GCRA)

LCU

LAN CID Utility (LAN, CID, IBM)

LCV

Line Coding Violation [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)

LD

LAN Destination (ATM)

LDA

Local Delivery Agent

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (RFC 1777, X.500, DS, AD)

LDAPAPI

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Application Program Interface (LDAP, RFC 1823, API), "LDAP API"

LDCM

LANDesk Client Manager

LDD

Lightly Doped Drain (IC, MOSFET)

LDID

Logical Disk IDentifier (MS)

LDP

Label Distribution Protocol (IETF, RFC 3036, MPLS)

LDP

Linux Document Projects (Linux)

LDP

Loader Debugger Protocol (RFC 909)

LDR

Light Detect Resistor

LDT

Lightning Data Transfer [bus] (AMD)

LDT

Local Descriptor Table (CPU, Intel)

LDTR

Load Descriptor Table Register (CPU, Intel, assembler, IC)

LDTRC

Local Descriptor Table Register Cache (LDT, Intel, CPU)

LDVA

LaenderDatenVerareitungsAnlage

LE

LAN Emulation (LANE, ATM)

LEA

Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)

LEAF

Law Enforcement Access Field (EES, cryptography)

LEARP

LAN Emulation Address Resolution Protocol (LANE, ARP, ATM), "LE-ARP"

LEAS

LATA Equal Access System

LEC

LAN Emulation Client (LANE, ATM)

LEC

Layered Error Correction (CD)

LEC

Local Exchange Carrier (FCC, LATA, IEC)

LECID

LAN Emulation Client IDentifier (LANE, ATM, LEC)

LECS

Local area network Emulation Configuration Server (ATM, LANE, LEC)

LED

Light-Emitting Diode

LEI

Lotus Enterprise Integrator (Lotus)

LEL

Link, Embed and Launch (UNIX)

LEMP

Lightning ElectroMagnetic Pulse

LEN

Low Entry Networking (IBM, SNA, PU)

LEO

LeitungsEndgeraet, Optisch Mil., Germany

LEO

Link Everything Online (WWW, TUM)

LES

LAN Emulation Server (LANE, ATM)

LES

Line Errored Seconds (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)

LF

Line Feed (ASCII)

LF

Login Facility (DCE)

LFA

Link Field Address (Forth)

LFA

Local Feature Analysis

LFAP

Leight weight Flow Admission Protocol (Cabletron, RFC 2124)

LFB

Linear Frame Buffer (CPU, VESA)

LFCC

Linux Federation for Commercial Customers (Linux)

LFE

Low Frequency Effect (audio)

LFN

Long File Names

LFNBK

Long File Name BacKup (MS)

LFO

Low Frequency Oscillator

LFS

Loopback File System

LFSR

Linear Feedback Shift Register (IC)

LGPL

Lesser General Public License (GPL, GNU)

LGPO

Local Group Policy Object (AD, GPO)

LGX

Linux/GNU/X [distribution] (Yggdrasil, Linux, GNU)

LI

Lawful Interception (ETSI)

LIB

Linear Incremental Backoff (CSMA/CD, BEB)

LIC

Licensed Internal Code

LIF

Low Insertion Force (IC)

LIFD

Last In First Drop

LIFE

Laboratory for International Fuzzy Engineering [research] (MITI)

LIFE

Logistics Interface For manufacturing Environment

LIFO

Last In First Out

LIJP

Leaf Initiated Join Parameter

LIKS

Lietuvos kompiuterininko Sajunga (org., Litauen)

LILO

LInux [boot] LOader (Linux)

LIM

Lotus - Intel - Microsoft (manufacturer)

LIMAD

Linear MAgnetic Drive [technology]

LIMDOW

Laser / Light Intensity Modulation, Direct OverWrite (MOD)

LIMEMS

Lotus - Intel - Microsoft Expamded Memory Specification (Lotus, Intel, MS, EMS), "LIM EMS"

LIP

Large Internet Packet

LIPS

Logical Inferences Per Second (AI, KI, XPS)

LIS

Logical IP Subnet (RFC 1577, ION)

LISA

Linux Installation & System Administration (Linux, LST)

LISP

LISt Processor (LISP)

LISP

Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses (LISP, slang)

LISUAF

[thueringer] LandesInformationsSystem Umwelt, Agrar und Forst (UIS), "LIS-UAF"

LITA

Library and Information Technology Association (org., USA)

LITTA

Latvijas Informacijas Tehnologiju un Telekomunikaciju Asociacija (org., Lettland)

LIU

Line Interface Unit

LIV

Link Integrity Verification

LIVE

LInux VErband (Linux, org.)

LIVID

Language Identification and Voice IDentification

LIW

Long Instruction Word (CPU)

LKI

Labor fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz (org., KI, Hamburg, Germany)

LLAP

Localtalk Link Access Protocol (AppleTalk, LAP)

LLATMI

Lower Layer ATM Interface (ATM)

LLB

Local Location Broker (NCS)

LLC

Logical Link Control (IEEE 802.2, ISO, OSI)

LLCSNAP

Logical Link Control/SubNetwork Access Protocol (LLC, SNAP), "LLC/SNAP"

LLN

Line Link Network

LLNL

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (org., USA)

LLP

Link Level Protocol (BTX)

LMDS

Local Multi-point Distribution System

LME

Large Memory Enabled [devices and drivers] (DAC)

LME

Layer Management Entity (OSI)

LMFAO

Laughing My Fucking Ass Off (Usenet, IRC, telecommunication-slang)

LMI

Layer Management Interface (ATM)

LMML

Learning Material Markup Language

LMS

Library Maintenance System (BS2000)

LMU

LAN Manager for Unix (Unix), "LM/U"

LMX

LAN Manager for uniX (LAN, Unix, MS), "LM/X"

LNN

Lotus Notes Network (Lotus)

LOC

LAN Operations Center (LAN)

LOC

Lines Of Code

LOC

Loss of Cell delineation (UNI, ATM)

LOCIS

Library Of Congress Information System (Internet)

LOCT

Layered Open Crypto Toolkit (RSA, cryptography)

LOD

Level Of Detail (3D)

LOF

Loss of Frame (UNI, ATM, DS3/E3)

LOL

Laughing Out Loud (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

LOLITA

Language for the On-Line Investigation and Transformation of Abstractions

LOOPS

LISP Object Oriented Programming System (Xerox, OOP, LISP)

LOP

Loss of Pointer (UNI)

LOS

Local Operating System

LOS

Loss of Signal (UNI, ATM)

LOSP

LOw SPeed channel connector (Cray, I/O)

LOV

List Of Values (DB, Oracle, Java)

LOVIS

LagerOrtVerwaltungs- und InformationsSystem (MBAG)

LP

Line Printer (Unix)

LP

Linear Programming

LP

Logical Partition (LVM)

LPB

[S3] Local Peripheral Bus

LPC

Linear Predictive Coding (voice processing)

LPC

Low Pin Count [interface] (ICH)

LPD

Line Printer DAEMON

LPDA

Link Problem Determination Aid

LPDP

Line Printer DAEMON Protocol (RFC 1179)

LPDU

Link Protocol Data Unit

LPEX

Live Parsing eXtensible Editor (IBM, OS/2)

LPF

League for Programming Freedom (org.)

LPI

Lines Per Inch

LPI

Linux Professional Institute (Linux, org.)

LPP

Licensed Program Product (IBM)

LPPL

Latex Project Public License

LPR

Low Priority Request (VUMA)

LPS

Lines Per Second

LPS

Lotus Professional Services (Lotus)

LPT

Line PrinTer

LPX

Low Profile eXtended [motherboard]

LQ

Letter Quality

LQM

Link Quality Monitoring (PPP)

LR

Location Register (LA, GSM, mobile-systems)

LRC

Longitudinal Redundancy Check

LRPC

Lightweight Remote Procedure Calls (OLE)

LRS

Line Repeater Station

LRU

Least Recently Used

LRZ

Leibniz RechenZentrum (org., BADW)

LS

LAN Server (IBM)

LSA

Link State Advertisement (OSPF)

LSA

Lotus Solution Architecture (Lotus)

LSAPI

Licensed Services Application Program Interface (MS, API)

LSB

Least Significant Bit

LSB

Linux Standard Base (Linux)

LSDU

Link Service Data Unit

LSE

Local Subscriber Environment

LSF

Load Sharing Facility

LSI

Large Scale Integration

LSI

Latent Semantic Indexing

LSL

Link Support Layer (ODI)

LSM

Linux Software Map (Linux)

LSN

Logical Sector Numbers (OS-9)

LSO

Linux Standards Organization (org., Linux)

LSR

Leaf Setup Request

LST

Linux Support Team [distribution] (Linux)

LSU

LAN Service Unit (LAN)

LT

Line Termination (ADSL)

LT

Logical Terminal (IBM)

LT

Lower Tester (ISO 9646-1)

LTC

Line Termination Coordinator

LTC

Linux Technology Center (Linux, Unix, IBM)

LTC

Longitudinal Time Code (video)

LTE

Line Terminating Equipment (SONET)

LTERM

Logical TERMinal (IBM), "LTerm"

LTID

Logical Terminal IDentifier (IBM)

LTO

Linear Tape Open (Streamer, IBM, HP, Seagate)

LTPS

Low Temperature PolySilicon

LTPSTFT

Low Temperature PolySilicon Thin Film Transistor (TFT, LCD)

LTSS

Lawrence TimeSharing System (OS, LLNL)

LU

Logical Unit (NAU)

LU62

Logical Unit 6.2 (IBM), "LU6.2"

LUG

Local Users Group

LUN

Logical Unit Number (SCSI)

LUNA

Leuchtendatei fuer UnfallfluchtNAchforschungen (INPOL)

LUNI

LANE User Network Interface (LANE, ATM)

LUP

Language UPgrade (MS)

LUT

Look-Up Table (RAMDAC, FPGA, RL)

LV

Logical Volume (LVM)

LV

Low Voltage

LVD

Low Voltage Differential [technology] (SCSI, Symbois Logic)

LVDS

Low Voltage Differential Signal (TI, NSC)

LVE

Live Video Extension (video)

LVM

Logical Volume Manager (AIX, HP/UX, OSF/1, HDD)

LVN

LandesVerwaltungsNetz (Baden-Wuerttemberg)

LVTTL

Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Level (IC)

LW

Living Worlds (VRML)

LWC

Last Working Configuration (ESCD, PNP, BIOS)

LWL

LichtWellenLeiter (cable)

LWP

Light Weight Process (Sun, OS)

LX

Linear eXecutable (OS/2)

LZS

Lempel-Ziv-Stac [compression]

LZSDCP

[PPP] Lempel-Ziv-Stac - Data Compression Protocol (PPP, RFC 1967), "LZS-DCP"

LZW

Lempel-Ziv-Welch [compression]