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B2B

Business to Business

B2C

Business to Customer

B8ZS

Binary 8 Zero Suppression [encoding] (ISDN, T1)

BACP

Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BAP, RFC 2125)

BAD

Broken As Designed (slang)

BADW

Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften (org.)

BAGEL

Bay Area GNU Enthusiasts League (GNU, org., user group)

BAI

Basic Access Interface (ISDN)

BALUN

BALanced-UNbalanced [adapter] (cable), "Balun"

BAM

Bidirectional Associative Memory (neural nets)

BAM

Block-Availability-Map

BAM

Bundesanstalt fuer Materialpruefung (org., Berlin, Germany)

BAP

[PPP] Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (PPP, RFC 2125, BACP)

BAPC

[PPP] Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (PPP, BAP, RFC 2125)

BAPCO

Business Application Performance COrporation (org., Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM, MS, Lotus, Intel, ...), "BAPCo"

BAPI

Business Application Programmer's Interface (SAP, R/3, API)

BAPT

BundesAmt fuer Post und Telefon (org.)

BAR

Base Address Register (IC)

BARRNET

Bay Area Regional Research NETwork (network), "BARRNet"

BART

Basic Application RunTime (OS/2, IBM)

BARWAN

Bay Area Research Wireless Access Network (network, USA)

BAS

Basic Activity Subset

BASH

Bourne-Again SHell (Unix, Shell)

BASIC

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BASIN

Bundesweites Alternatives Studentisches InformationsNetzwerk (WWW, org.)

BAT

Baby Advanced Technology [board] (AT)

BAYSIS

BAY networks' Switched Internetworking Services, "BaySIS"

BB

BridgeBoard (Amiga, Commodore)

BBC

Broadband Bearer Capability (B-ISDN)

BBIAB

[I'll] Be Back In A Bit (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

BBIAM

Be Back In A Minute (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

BBL

Be Back Later (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

BBN

Bolt, Beranek and Newman (manufacturer)

BBNS

BroadBand Network Services

BBR

Back Bone Ring

BBS

Bulletin Board System (telecommunication)

BCAM

Basic Communication Access Method

BCBDS

Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (B-ISDN)

BCC

Base Communications-computer Center (mil., USA)

BCC

Blind Carbon Copy (telecommunication)

BCC

Block Check Character

BCCH

Broadcast Control CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)

BCD

Binary Coded Decimal

BCDBS

Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (ATM)

BCDIC

Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

BCDMA

Broadband Code Division Multiple Access (Interdigital, SNI, Samsung), "B-CDMA"

BCF

Base station Control Function (BS, BTS, GSM, mobile-systems)

BCI

Batibus Club International (org.)

BCI

Brain Computer Interface

BCM

Basic Control Monitor (OS, Xerox, Xerox 530)

BCN

Backbone Concentrator Node (Wellfleet)

BCOB

Broadband Class of Bearer (B-ISDN)

BCP

[Internet] Best Current Practice (Internet, RFC)

BCP

[PPP] Bridging Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1638)

BCP

Basic Call Process (IN)

BCP

Binary Communications Protocol

BCP

Binary Control Protocol (Adobe, PS)

BCPL

Basic / BBN Combined Programming Language (BBN)

BCRFS

Bell System Reference Frequency Standard

BCS

Banking Communication Standard (banking)

BCS

Basic Combined Subset

BCS

Basic Control System (OS, HP, HP 2100)

BCS

Binary Compatibility Standard (Motorola)

BCS

Block Check Sequenz (GPRS, GSM, mobile-systems)

BCS

British Computer Society (org., UK)

BCSM

Basic Call State Model (IN)

BCU

Bus Controller Unit

BDA

BIOS Data Area (BIOS)

BDA

Borland DAtabase (Borland, DB)

BDA

BundesDatenAutobahn [e.v] (org., ISP)

BDAM

Basic Direct Access Method (DAM)

BDC

Backup DOMAIN Controller (MS, Windows NT, PDC)

BDE

BetriebsDatenErfassung

BDE

Borland Database Engine (Borland, Delphi, DB)

BDF

Bitmap Description / Display Format (Adobe, Fonts)

BDK

[java]Beans Development Kit (Java)

BDOS

Basic Disk Operating System (CP/M)

BDR

Bus Device Request (SCSI)

BDSG

BundesDatenSchutzGesetz Germany

BEAT

Best Enhanced Advanced Technology (Trident, AT)

BEB

Binary Exponential Backoff (CSMA/CD, LIB)

BEC

Back-End-Chip (DVR)

BECEEP

BErlin Continuing Engineering Education Program, "BeCEEP"

BECN

Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)

BED

Bookmark Exploring Dabbler (VRML)

BEDO

Burst EDO [DRAM] (EDO, RAM, DRAM, IC, Micron)

BEDODRAM

Burst Extended Data Out DRAM (RAM, DRAM, IC), "BEDO-DRAM"

BEEP

Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (RFC 3080)

BEEV

Bundesverband der Elektronik- und ElektroschrottVerwerter (org.)

BEF

Brightness Enhancement Foile (LCD)

BELLCORE

BELL COmmunications REsearch (org., USA), "Bellcore"

BEOS

Be Operating System (OS), "BeOS"

BER

Basic Encoding Rules [for ASN.1] (ASN.1, OSI, ISO, IS 8825)

BER

Bit Error Rate

BERKOM

BERliner KOMmunikationssystem (network)

BERT

Bit Error Rate Test

BES

Block Ended by Symbol (IBM, assembler)

BES

Bursty Errored Seconds (DS1/E1)

BEST

Borland Enhanced Support and Training (Borland)

BEST

Business Executive System for Timesharing (OS, Qantel)

BEVU

Bundesvereinigung mittelstaendischer Elektro- und elektronikgeraete entsorgungs- und VerwertungsUnternehmen Org., Germany

BEW

Business Engineering Workbench (R/3, SAP)

BF

Bus Fraction [pin] (Intel, Pentium, CPU)

BFD

Binary File Descriptor (Unix)

BFN

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

BFOC

Bayonet Fiber Optic Connector

BFT

Binary File Transfer (telecommunication)

BGA

Ball Grid Array (CPU, IC)

BGI

Borland Graphics Interface (Borland)

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol (RFC 1267/1771, IP)

BGT

Broadcast and Group Translators

BHCA

Busy Hour Call Attempts

BHLI

Broadband High Layer Information, "B-HLI"

BHN

Bayerisches Hochschulnetz (network)

BHT

Branch History Table (CPU)

BI

Breidbart-Index (Usenet, ECP, EMP)

BIAB

Back In A Bit (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

BIB

Bus Interface Board

BIC

Bank Identifier Code (banking)

BIC

Bit Independence Criterion (cryptography)

BIC

Bus Interface Chip (DVR)

BICI

Broadband InterCarrier Interface (B-ISDN), "B-ICI"

BIDI

BIDirectional

BIDS

Borland International Data Structures (Borland)

BIF

Benchmark Interchange Format (PLB)

BIF

Built In Function (REXX)

BIG

Bionet Intelligent Gateway (BioData)

BIGFON

Breitbandiges Integriertes Glasfaser-Fernmelde-OrtsNetz

BIKOS

BueroInformations- und KOmmunikationsSysteme (org., GI)

BIM

Broadband Interface Module

BIMA

British Interactive Multimedia Association (org., UK)

BIND

Berkeley Internet Name DOMAIN [software] (Unix)

BIOS

Basic Input Output System / Support (PC)

BIP

Bit Interleaved Parity (SONET, ...)

BIPV

Bit Interleaved Parity Violation

BIRA

Belgian Institute for Automatic Control (org., Belgium)

BIS

Business Information System

BISDN

Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (ATM), "B-ISDN"

BISP

Business Information System Program

BISSI

Broadband Inter-Switching System Interface (B-ISDN), "B-ISSI"

BISUP

Broadband ISDN User's Part (B-ISDN), "B-ISUP"

BISYNC

Binary SYNchronous Communications (IBM)

BIT

Basic Interconnection Test (ISO 9646-1)

BIT

Binary digIT

BITNET

Because It's Time NETwork (network)

BIU

Bus Interface Unit

BIX

Byte Information eXchange

BJT

Bipolar Junction Transistor (IC)

BK

Buero Kommunikation

BKS

BenutzerKoordinatenSystem (CAD)

BL

Blue Lightning [processor family] (Intel)

BLADE

Basic Linear Algebra for Distributed Environments

BLAS

Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines

BLAST

BLocked ASynchronous Transmission

BLER

BLock Error Rate (CD)

BLLI

Broadband Low Layer Information (BISDN), "B-LLI"

BLM

Bayerische Landeszentrale fuer neue Medien (org.)

BLMX

Board-Level Multitasking eXecutive (OS)

BLOB

Binary Large OBject

BLOROB

BLOck based ROBot

BLSM

Base Level System Modernization

BLT

BLock Transfer

BMBF

BundesMinisterium fuer Bildung und Forschung (org.)

BMBW

BundesMinisterium fuer Bildung und Wissenschaft (org.)

BMDP

Bio-Medical Data Package

BMECAT

Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik CATalog data exchange format (XML), "BMEcat"

BMFT

BundesMinisterium fuer Forschung und Technik (org.)

BML

Bean Markup Language (Java)

BML

Business Management Layer (TMN)

BMOS

Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)

BMS

Basic Mapping Support (CICS)

BMS

Basic Monitor System (OS, DEC, PDP 9, PDP 15)

BMS

Broadcast Message Server (PCTE)

BMT

Biel Mean Time (TZ, Internet)

BMTA

Backbone Message Transfer Agent (MTA)

BMUG

Berkeley Macintosh User Group (org., Apple, USA, user group)

BMWI

BundesMinisterium fuer WIssenschaft und technologie (org.)

BN

Bridge Number

BNC

Baby N Connector (slang)

BNC

Bayonet Neill Concelman [connector]

BNC

Bayonet Nipple Connector (slang)

BNC

Bayonet Nut Coupling ???

BNC

British Naval Connector

BND

BundesNachrichtenDienst

BNEP

Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol (Bluetooth)

BNF

Backus-Naur Form (TTCN, ...)

BNP

Broadband Network Premises

BNT

Broadband Network Termination (B-ISDN), "B-NT"

BNU

Basic Networking Utilities (AT&T)

BO

Back Orifice (CDC)

BOA

Basic Object Adapter

BOCA

Borland Object Component Architecture (Borland)

BOD

Business Object Documents (OAG)

BOF

Birds Of a Feather (Usenix)

BOM

Beginning of Message

BOM

Byte Order Mark (Unicode)

BONDING

Bandwidth ON Demand INteroperability Group (org., manufacturer, AIM)

BOPS

Billion Operations Per Second

BORSCHT

Battery, Overvoltage, Ringing, Signalling, Coding, Hybrid, Testing [functions] (PBX)

BOS

Basic Operating System (AIX, IBM)

BOS

Batch Operating System (OS, Honeywell)

BOS360

Basic Operating System / 360 (OS, S/360, IBM), "BOS/360"

BOS5

Business Operating Software /5 (OS), "BOS/5"

BOSS

Basic OS Software for BASIC (OS, BASIC)

BOT

Back On Topic (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

BOT

Beginning Of Tape

BOT

Broadcast Online TV

BOT

Build, Operate and Transfer (networke)

BP

Base Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)

BPB

BIOS Parameter Block (BIOS, DOS, HDD, FDD)

BPC

Broadcast Personal Computer (PC)

BPD

BankParameterDaten (DDBAC)

BPDU

Bridge Protocol Data Unit (PDU)

BPF

Berkeley Packet Filter (BSD, Unix)

BPI

Bits Per Inch (HDD)

BPIP

Best Play for Imperfect Player (NEC)

BPL

Bytes Per Line

BPN

Back-Propagation Net (NN)

BPP

Bits Per Pixel

BPP

Bridge Port Pair

BPS

Bits Per Second (MODEM)

BPSK

Bi-Phase Shift Keying [modulation] (HiperLAN/2, , 802.11a)

BPU

Branch Prediction Unit (CPU, MMX, Intel)

BPU

Branch Processing Unit (CPU)

BPV

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

BR

Boundary Representation (CAD, CAM)

BRAIN

Berlin Research Area Information Network (network)

BRAM

Broadcast Recognition Access Method (MAC)

BRAN

Broadband Radio Access Network (ETSI, WLAN)

BRAP

Broadcast Recognition with Alternating Priorities (MAC)

BRB

Be Right Back (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

BREW

Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (CDMA, Oualcomm)

BRF

Benchmark Reporting Format (PLB)

BRI

Basic Rate Interface (ISDN)

BRI

Bridge Router Interface ??? (Banyan, VINES)

BRIEF

Basic Reconfigurable Interactive Editing Facility

BRIM

Bridge/Router Interface Module

BRS

Big Red Switch

BRTB

Berlin Regional TestBed (WIN)

BS

BackSpace

BS

BackSpace one record (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)

BS

Banded Signaling

BS

Base Station (LA, GSM, mobile-systems)

BS

BetriebsSystem

BS2000

BetriebsSystem 2000 (SNI, OS)

BSA

Backbone Service Area

BSA

Business Software Alliance (org., manufacturer)

BSAM

Basic Sequential Access Method (IBM, MVS, SAM)

BSC

Balanced ScoreCard

BSC

Base Station Controller (BS, BTS, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems)

BSC

Binary Synchronous Coded

BSC

Binary Synchronous Communications [protocol] (IBM)

BSCM

Binary Synchronous Communications Module

BSD

Berkeley System / Software Distribution (manufacturer, Unix, OS)

BSDI

Berkeley Software Design Incorporated (manufacturer)

BSDL

Berkeley/San Diego License

BSI

Bentley Systems, Incorporated (manufacturer)

BSI

British Standards Institute (org., UK)

BSI

Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Org., Germany

BSIC

Base Station Identification Code (BS, BCCH, GSM, mobile-systems)

BSMTP

Batched Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

BSP

BetriebsSystemProzessor (Windows NT, SMP)

BSP

Binary Space Partioning [tree]

BSP

Bug Squashing Party (Linux, Debian)

BSR

BootStrap Router (PIM, RP, Multicast)

BSS

Base Station System / Subsystem (GPRS, BSC, BTS)

BSS

Basic Service Set (WLAN)

BSS

Basic Synchronized Subset

BSS

Block Started by Symbol (IBM, assembler, Unix)

BSS

Block Storage Segment

BSS

Broadband Switching System

BSSMAP

Base Station System Management Application Part (RR, BS, MTP, GSM, mobile-systems)

BST

Bering Strait Time [-1100] (TZ)

BST

Brazil Standard Time [-0300] (TZ)

BST

British Summer Time [+0100] (TZ, UK)

BSVC

Broadcast Switched Virtual Connections (ATM)

BT

Baghdad Time [+0200] (TZ)

BT

Bering Time [-1100] (TZ)

BT

BlueTooth

BT

British Telecom (org.)

BT

Burst Tolerance

BT

Bus Terminator

BTAM

Basic Tape Access Method (BS2000)

BTAM

Basic Telecommunications Access Method (IBM)

BTB

Branch Target Buffer (CPU)

BTC

Biting The Carpet (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)

BTDT

Been There, Done That (slang, Linux, Kernel)

BTE

Broadband Terminal Equipment (B-ISDN), "B-TE"

BTL

Bell Telephone Laboratories

BTLB

Block Translation Look-aside Buffer (CPU)

BTM

Batch Time-sharing Monitor (OS)

BTM

Benchmark Timing Methodology (PLB)

BTOA

Binary TO ASCII (ASCII)

BTP

Business Transaction Protocol (OASIS)

BTRON

Business TRON (TRON)

BTS

Base Transceiver Station entities (BCF, BS, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems)

BTS

Bug Tracking System

BTU

Basic Transmission Unit (IBM, SNA)

BTW

By The Way (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

BTX

BildschirmTeXt (network, Datex-J, Telekom), "Btx"

BTXVST

BildschirmTeXt-VermittlungsSTelle (BTX), "Btx-VSt"

BUI

Bus Interface Unit (DEC)

BUS

Broadcast and Unknown Server (ATM, LANE)

BV

BildVerarbeitung

BVB

BundesVerband fuer Buero- und informationssysteme [e.v.] (org.)

BVCP

[PPP] Banyan VINES Control Protocol (RFC 1763, Banyan, VINES, PPP)

BVIT

BundesVerband InformationsTechnologien [e.v.] (org.)

BW

Business Warehouse (DWH)

BWBM

Bandwidth Balancing Mechanism (DQDB)

BWCC

Borland Windows Custom Controls (Borland, DLL)

BZR

BefehlsZaehlRegister (IC)

BZR

Bit Zone Recording (ROD)

BZR

BundesZentralRegister (IC)

BZT

Bundesamt fuer Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation (org., Telekom)