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T1

[digital] Transmission link 1 [1.544 Mbit/s] (DS1)

T2

[digital] Transmission link 2 [6.312 Mbps] (DS2)

T3

[digital] Transmission link 3 [44.736 Mbps] (DS3)

T4

[digital] Transmission link 4 [274.176 Mbps] (DS4)

TA

TerminalAdapter (ISDN)

TA

Transmitter Address (FPK)

TAAI

Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (org., Taiwan, AI)

TAC

Technical Assistance Center (Cisco)

TAC

Terminal Access Circuit

TAC

Terminal Access Controller (ARPANET, MILNET)

TAC

Type Approval Code (IMEI, GSM, mobile-systems)

TACACS

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (RFC 1492)

TACS

Total Access Communication Service (mobile-systems)

TACTIS

Thai API Consortium / Thai Industrial Standard [codeset] (API, TIS)

TADI

Time Assigned Data Interpolation

TADIL

TActical Digital Information Link (mil.)

TADS

Test and Debug System

TAE

Telekommunikations-AnschlussEinheit (Telekom)

TAF

Terminal Access Facility

TAFIM

Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (JIEO, mil.)

TAG

Technical Advisory Group (PIMA, I3C)

TAIS

Technisch-Administratives InformationsSystem

TAIS

Toshiba America Information Systems [inc] (manufacturer, USA, Toshiba)

TAL

TeilnehmerAnschlussLeitung (telecommunication)

TALAE

TALigent Application Program (Taligent), "TalAE"

TALDE

TALigent Development Environment (Taligent), "TalDE"

TALISMAN

Tracing Authors' rights by Labelling Image Services and Monitoring Access Network [project] (Europe)

TALOS

TALigent Object Services (Taligent), "TalOS"

TAMINO

Transaction Architecture for Managing InterNet Objects (DBMS, DB, Internet)

TAN

Table / Total Area Network

TAN

TransAction Number (banking)

TANJ

There Ain't No Justice (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

TANSTAAFL

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)

TAO

Topics, Associations, Occurences (XTM)

TAO

Track At Once (CD-R)

TAP

Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol (SNPP, PCIA, SMS, USA)

TAP

Terminal Access Point (cable)

TAP

Test Access Port (IC, IEEE 1149.1)

TAP

The Ada Project

TAP

Transport und Archivierung Produktdefinierender daten (org., DIN, STEP, CIM)

TAPI

Telephony Application Program Interface (Intel, MS, WOSA, CTI)

TAR

Tape ARchiver (Unix)

TAS

Tag Abuse Syndrome (SGML, HTML, slang)

TASI

Time-Assigned Speech Interpolation

TASM

Turbo ASseMbler (Borland, assembler)

TAT

Theoretical Arrival Time (GCRA)

TB

Tabular Bayes' [algorithm]

TB

TeraByte

TB

Transparent Bridging

TBC

Time Base Corrector (video)

TBCP

Tagged Binary Control Protocol (Adobe, PS)

TBR

Technical Basis for Regulations (ISDN)

TC

Task Committee (IFIP)

TC

Technical Committee (ISO, OASIS, ...)

TC

Terminal Computer

TC

Terminal Controller

TC

Transaction Capabilities

TC

Transfer Control

TC

Transmission Control

TC

Transmission Convergence

TCA

information technology & TeleCommunications Association (org.)

TCA

Taipei Computer Association (org., Taiwan)

TCAF

Thin Client Application Framework (Java, LDAP, IBM)

TCAM

TeleCommunications Access Method (IBM, telecommunication)

TCAP

Transaction Capabilities Applications Part (MSC, GSM, IN, mobile-systems)

TCB

Task Control Block (BS2000)

TCC

Telecommunications Center

TCF

Transparent Computing Facility

TCFS

Transparent Cryptographic FileSystem (Linux, cryptography)

TCH

Traffic CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)

TCI

Test Cell Input (UNI, ATM)

TCK

Test ClocK (TAP, IC)

TCL

Tool Command Language

TCLTK

Tool Command Language/ToolKit (TCL, X-Windows), "TCL/TK"

TCM

Thermal Conduction Module

TCM

Time Compression Multiplexer

TCM

Trellis Coded Modulation

TCNS

Thomas Conrad Network System (LAN)

TCO

Test Cell Output (UNI, ATM)

TCO

Tjaenstemaennens CentralOrganisation (Sweden, org.)

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership

TCOS

Telesec Chipcard Operating System (OS)

TCP

Tape Carrier Package (CPU)

TCP

Test Coordination Procedure

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol (ARPANET)

TCPACO

TCP Alternate Checksum Option (RFC 1146, TCP), "TCP-ACO"

TCPBEUI

Transmission Control Protocol BIOS Extended User Interface (NETBIOS, TCP, UI)

TCPC

The Clean Personal Computer group (org., manufacturer, Grafikkarten)

TCPIP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (RFC 793, IP), "TCP/IP"

TCPLDP

TCP extensions for Long Delay Paths (RFC 1072, TCP)

TCS

Transmission Convergence Sublayer (ATM)

TCSEC

Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (Orange Book, NCSC)

TCSH

Trustedi C SHell (Unix, Shell)

TCU

Tape Control Unit

TCU

Timing Control Unit

TCU

Transmission Control Unit

TD

Transmit Data (MODEM)

TDA

TestDatenAuswerter (IC)

TDB

Task DataBase

TDB

Track Descriptor Block (UDF, CD-R)

TDC

Tape Data Controller

TDC

Terrestrial Data Circuit

TDCC

Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (org., USA)

TDD

Telecommunications Device for Deaf

TDD

Time Division Duplex (mobile-systems)

TDDSG

TeldeDienstDatenSchutzGesetz telecommunication, IUKDG, Germany

TDED

Trade Data Elements Directory (ISO 7372)

TDG

TeleDienstGesetz telecommunication, IUKDG, Germany

TDI

Test Data Input (TAP, IC)

TDI

Trusted Database Interpretation (DB)

TDJ

Transfer Delay Jitter

TDM

Telekom Designed Networks (Telekom)

TDM

Time Division Multiplexing

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems)

TDMS

Terminal Data Management System

TDN

Telekom Designed Network

TDNN

Time Delay Neural Net (NN)

TDO

Test Data Output (TAP, IC)

TDOS

Tape and Disk Operating System (OS, RCA Spectra 70)

TDP

Telocator Data Protocol (PCIA, SMS, USA)

TDP

Triton Data Path (Intel, Triton, IC)

TDR

Time DOMAIN Reflectometer (cable)

TDS

Tabular Data Strean [protocol] (Sybase)

TDSCDMA

Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems)

TDSL

Telekom Digital Subscriber Line (Telekom, Germany), "T-DSL"

TDSV

Telekommunikation-DatenSchutzVerordnung (BMWI)

TDU

Telesoftware Data Unit (BTX)

TE

Terminal Equipment

TEA

Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit (Telekom)

TEAMA

Taiwanese Electric Appliance Manufacturer's Association (org., Taiwan)

TEC

Text Encoding Converter (Apple)

TECO

Tape / Text Editor and COrrector (MIT)

TEDAX

TExt DAta eXchange [protocol] (MacOS)

TEDIS

Trade Electronic Data Interchange Systems (EDI, Europe)

TEI

Text Encoding Initiative [application] (SGML)

TELAS

TELephony Application System (CTI, SNI)

TELEVAS

Telephony Value Added Services (WAP), "TeleVAS"

TELIS

TEileLogistik-InformationsSystem (MBAG)

TELNET

TELephone NETwork (Unix, Internet, RFC 854)

TELNETD

TELephone NETwork DAEMON (Unix, TELNET, DAEMON)

TEN

TransEuropean Networks (network)

TERENA

Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (org., Netherlands, Europe)

TERMCAP

TERMinal CAPability (Unix)

TERMINFO

TERMinal INFOrmation (Unix)

TES

Technology Enabled Marketing

TESS

The Exponential Security System (RFC 1824)

TEXEL

TEXture ELement

TF

Trace Flag (assembler)

TFCC

Task Force on Cluster Computing (IEEE, Org)

TFE

Thin Film Electronics (manufacturer, Norway, Sweden)

TFI

Terminal Facility Identifier (T-Online)

TFLOPS

Tera FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)

TFM

Trusted Facility Manual

TFP

Tops Filing Protocol

TFS

Translucent File System

TFT

Task File Table (BS2000)

TFT

Thin Film Transistor (LCD)

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (UDP, RFC 1350/1782/1783/1784/1785)

TFTR

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TGC

Terminal Group Controller

THAMA

Trident Hardware-Assisted MPEG-2/AC-3 (Trident, MPEG, DVD, AC-3)

THD

Total Harmonic Distortion (audio)

THDN

Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise (audio), "THD+N"

THE

Technische Hoogeschool Eindhoven (OS), "T.H.E."

THE

The Hessling Editor

THENET

Texas Higher Education NETwork (network, USA), "THEnet"

THT

Token Holding Timer (FDDI, Token Ring)

TI

Technical Interchange (conference, IBM)

TI

Texas Instruments (manufacturer)

TIA

Telecommunications Industries Associations (org.)

TIA

Thanks In Advance (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

TIA

The Internet Adapter [software]

TID

Technical Information Document (Novell)

TID

Touch Interactive Display

TIDL

Tool Integration Description Language (JCF)

TIE

Terminal Interface Equipment

TIES

Time Independent Escape Sequence (MODEM)

TIFF

Tag / Tagged Image File Format (Aldus)

TIGA

Texas Instruments Graphics Adapter (Texas Instruments)

TIIAP

Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (USA)

TIL

Tech Info Library (Apple, WWW)

TIM

Token Interface Module (Token Ring)

TINA

Telecommunication Information Network Agent (IN)

TINA

Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture (IN)

TINAC

TINA Consortium (org., IN, TINA), "TINA-C"

TINC

There Is No Cabal! (slang, Usenet, Linux, Debian)

TINYTP

Tiny Transport Protocol (IRDA)

TIP

Terminal Interface Processor (ARPANET)

TIP

Transputer Image Processing

TIPC

Texas Instruments Personal Computer (TI)

TIPHON

Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (ETSI, WG)

TIPS

Truevision Image Paint Software (TI)

TIS

Thai Industrial Standard

TIS

Tools Interface Standard (SCO, Unix)

TISN

Tokyo International Science Network (network)

TITN

??? (manufacturer, France)

TK

TeleKommunikation

TK

Temporal Key (FPK)

TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (WEP, WLAN)

TKO

TeleKommunikationsOrdnung

TKV

TeleKommunikationsVerordnung

TL

Transform and Lighting (3D), "T&L"

TLA

Three Letter Acronym (slang)

TLAP

Token ring Link Access Protocol (LAP)

TLB

Translation Lookaside Buffer (CPU)

TLD

Top Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN)

TLG

TeleDiensteGesetz Germany

TLI

Transport Layer Interface

TLI

Transport Level Interface (AT&T)

TLN

Trunk Line Network

TLP

Transmission Level Point

TLS

Thread Local Storage

TLS

Transport Layer Security [protocol] (SSL)

TLSP

Transport Layer Security Protocol (ISO)

TLV

Type - Length - Value

TLVTTL

Terminated Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Logic

TM

TeleMail (BBS, Berlin, Germany, telecommunication)

TM

Terminal Manager (Bull, DSA)

TM

Tools for MIME (EMACS, GNU, MIME)

TM

TradeMark

TM

Traffic Management

TM

Transaction Monitor (TP)

TM

Turing Machine

TMA

Thinfilm Micromirror Array

TMC

Taiwan Mycomp Corporation (manufacturer)

TMC

Thinking Machines Corporation (manufacturer)

TMC

Traffic Message Channel

TMCC

Time-Multiplexed Communication Channel

TMCL

Topic Map Constraint Language (XTM, TMQL)

TMDB

Tivoli Management Data Base (Tivoli, DB)

TMDS

Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (VESA, LCD)

TMDS

Transmission Minimized Digital Signal

TME

Telocator Message Entry [protocol] (SNPP)

TME

Tivoli Management Environment (Tivoli)

TMF

Tivoli Management Framework (Tivoli)

TMF

Transaction Monitoring Facility (DB, Tandem)

TMG

TestMusterGenerator (IC)

TMG

The Master Genealogist

TMN

Telecommunication Management Network (IN)

TMP

Test Management Protocol

TMPDU

Test Management Protocol Data Unit (ISO 9646-1, PDU), "TM-PDU"

TMQL

Topic Map Query Language (XTM, TMCL)

TMR

Transient Memory Record

TMR

Triple Modular Redundancy

TMS

Telecommunications / Telephone Management System

TMS

Test Mode Select (TAP, IC)

TMS

Time Multiplexed Switch

TMS

Truth Maintenance System (AI)

TMSC

Tape Mass Storage Control (DEC)

TMSCP

Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol

TMSI

Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (MM, GSM, mobile-systems)

TMSS

[LambdaManager] Terabit MultiService Switch (Lucent, LambdaXtreme)

TMTOWTDI

There's More Than One Way To Do It (slang, PERL)

TMU

Time Measurement Unit

TMUX

Transport MUltipleXing protocol (RFC 1692), "TMux"

TN

Terminal Node

TNC

Terminal Node Controller

TNC

Threaded Neill Concelman [connector]

TNEF

Transportation Neutral Encapsulation Format (MAPI, MIME, MS)

TNFS

Trusted Network File System (NFS)

TNL

Technical NewsLetter (IBM)

TNLCD

Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), "TN-LCD"

TNPC

Taiwanese New Pc Consortium (org., Taiwan)

TNS

Transit Network Selection

TNTC

Too Numerous To Count (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

TNVIP

TelNet Visual Information Projection [protocol] (TELNET, VIP, RFC 1921)

TOB

T-Online Billing (T-Online)

TOC

Table Of Contents (CD)

TODS

Transactions on Database Systems (ACM, DB)

TOEM

Technical Original Equipment Manufacturer

TOFU

Text Oben, Full-quote Unten (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)

TOKREUI

TOKen-Ring Extended User Interface (IBM, Token Ring)

TOMS

Transactions on Mathematical Software (ACM)

TOOIS

Transactions on Office Information Systems (ACM)

TOOL

[conference on] Technology of Object-Orientated Languages and Systems (OOP, conference)

TOP

Technical and Office Protocols

TOP

The OS-9 Project (OS-9)

TOPICS

Total On-Line Program and Information Control System

TOPLAS

Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (ACM)

TOPS

Timesharing / Total OPerating System (DEC, OS)

TOS

Tape Operating System (OS, RCA Spectra 70)

TOS

Teletype Operating System (OS, Microdata)

TOS

The Operating System (Atari, OS)

TOS

Tramiel Operating System (Atari, OS)

TOS

Type Of Service (IP)

TOS360

Tape ??? Operating System /360 (IBM, S/360, OS), "TOS/360"

TOT

Totally Off-Topic (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

TP

Transaction Processing

TP

Turbo Pascal (Borland)

TP

Twisted Pair [cable] (LAN)

TP0

Transport Protocol class 0 (OSI)

TP4

Transport Protocol class 4 (OSI)

TPA

Third Party Applications

TPA

Transient Program Area (DOS)

TPC

Transaction Processing Council (org., manufacturer, DB)

TPC

Transmission Power Control (HiperLAN/2)

TPCC

Third Party Call Control

TPD

Technical Product Documentation

TPDDI

Twisted Pair Distributed Data Interface (FDDI, STP, Chipcom)

TPDU

Transport Protocol Data Unit (OSI, OSI/RM, PDU, ICC)

TPE

Twisted Pair Ethernet (ethernet)

TPF

Transaction Processing Facility (IBM, MVS/XA)

TPI

Tracks Per Inch (HDD)

TPM

Transactions-Per-Minute

TPMS

Transaction Processing Management System

TPPMD

Twisted Pair Physical layer Medium Dependent (FDDI), "TP-PMD"

TPQ

True Phone Quality (CAT)

TPRM

??? (Sun)

TPS

TeleProcessing Systeme [gmbh] (provider)

TPS

Transaction Processing System

TPS

Transactions Per Second (DB, DBMS)

TPT

Twisted Pair Transceiver

TPU

Turbo Pascal Unit (TP, Borland)

TPW

Turbo Pascal for Windows (Borland)

TR

Task Register (CPU, Intel, assembler, IC)

TRAP

Tandem Recursive Algorithm Process

TREC

Texture and Rendering Engine Compression (???)

TRIB

Transfer Rate of Information Bits

TRIF

Tiled Raster Interchange Format

TRIP

Telephony Routing over IP (IP, RFC 3219)

TRIPS

Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property rightS (GATT)

TRIZ

Teorija Reschenija Isobretatelskich Zadatsch

TRM

Technical Reference Model

TRMM

Token Ring Management Module (Token Ring)

TROFF

Typesetter New Run-OFF (Unix)

TROLI

Token Ring Optimized Link Interface (Token Ring)

TRON

The Realtime Operating system Nucleus

TRP

Token Ring serial Port

TRR

Token Ring Repeater

TRT

The Right Thing (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

TRT

Token Rotation Timer (FDDI, Token Ring)

TS

Time Slot

TS

Time Stamp

TS

Traffic Shaping

TS

Transport Stream

TS

TriState (IC)

TSA

Target Service Agent (Novell, Netware, SMS)

TSA

Telecommunication Society of Australia (org., Australia)

TSANET

Technical Support Alliance NETwork (org., manufacturer, Lotus, Oracle, HP, ...), "TSANet"

TSAP

Transport Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)

TSAPI

Telephony Server Application Programmer Interface (AT&T, Novell, API)

TSC

Triton System Controller (Intel, Triton, IC)

TSD

??? (color system)

TSDU

Transport Service Data Unit (OSI, OSI/RM)

TSE

[Windows] Terminal Server Edition] (Windows, MS)

TSE

Technical Support Engineer (Sun)

TSE

TestSteuerEinheit (IC)

TSEE

Technical System Engineering Environment (Westmount, CASE)

TSI

Time Slot Interchanger

TSIG

Trusted Systems Interoperability Group (org.)

TSM

Text Service Manager (Apple)

TSM

Time Sharing Monitor (OS, IBM)

TSM

Topology Specific Module (ODI)

TSMC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (manufacturer, Taiwan)

TSMP

True Symmetric MultiProcessor

TSN

Task Sequence Number (BS2000)

TSO

Telecommunications Service Order

TSO

Time Sharing Option

TSOCMS

Time Sharing Option/Conversational Monitor System (IBM, VME), "TSO/CMS"

TSOE

Time Sharing Option/ ??? (IBM), "TSO/E"

TSOP

Thin Small Outline Package (DRAM, IC)

TSP

Texture and Shading Processor (IC, Graphik)

TSP

Time Synchronization Protocol

TSP

Travelling Salesman Problem

TSP1

Test Synchronization Protocol 1+ (TTCN, ETSI), "TSP1+"

TSPI

TAPI Service Provider Interface (TAPI)

TSR

Terminate and Stay Resident

TSS

Task State Segment (Intel)

TSS

Time-Sharing System

TSSDC

Task State Segment Descriptor Cache (CPU)

TSTN

Triple SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD)

TSTS

Transaction and Switching and Transport Services (BELLCORE)

TSW

TeleSoftWare (T-Online)

TSX

TimeSharing eXecutive (OS, IBM, IBM 1800)

TTCN

the Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (OSI, IUT)

TTF

TrueType Font

TTFN

Ta-Ta For Now (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

TTL

TietoTekniikan Liitto [ry] (org., Finland)

TTL

Time To Live (IP)

TTL

Transistor Transistor Logic

TTML

Tagged-Text Markup Language (Nokia, mobile-systems)

TTP

Tiny Transmission Protocol (IRDA, IRLMP)

TTP

Trusted Third Parties (cryptography)

TTRP

Time Token Rotation Protocol (FDDI)

TTRT

Target Token Rotation Time (FDDI)

TTS

Text To Speech [system]

TTS

Transaction Tracking System (DB, Netware)

TTS

Trouble Ticketing System

TTY

TeleTYpe

TUB

Technische Universitaet Berlin (org.)

TUBA

TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses (TCP, UDP, RFC 1347)

TUC

Total User Cell count (UNI)

TUCD

Total User Cell Difference (UNI)

TUG

TeX User's Group (org., user group, TeX)

TUI

Text-Based User Interface (UI)

TUM

Technische Universitaet Muenchen (org.)

TUNIS

Toronto UNIversity System (OS)

TUP

Telephone User Path (ISDN)

TUT

Transistor Under Test

TVOL

TV OnLine cable service (WorldGate, Internet)

TVOS

Terminal Velocity Operating System (3drealms)

TVS

Transparent Voice Signalling (VOFR)

TVST

TeilnehmerVermittlungsSTelle (Telekom), "TVSt"

TWAIN

Technology Without An Important Name

TWB

Terrestrial Wide-Band [networking]

TWINKLE

The Weizman INstitute Key Locating Engine (cryptography)

TWIP

[one] TWentIeth of a Point [1 inch = 72 points] (DTP)

TWOS

Time Warp Operating System (OS, Hypercube)

TXTRR

TXT Resource Record (DNS, RFC 1035), "TXT-RR"

TZ

Time Zone (Internet, TZ)