| Abbreviation |
English interpretation |
|
B
|
binary
|
|
B
|
bit
|
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BA
|
binary add
|
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BA
|
Branch Amplifier
|
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BAC
|
balanced asynchronous class
|
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BAC
|
binary-analog conversion
|
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BAC
|
binary asymmetric channel
|
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BACP
|
Bandwidth Allocation Protocol
|
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BAK
|
backup
|
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BAS
|
basic activity subset
|
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BASIC
|
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
|
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BAT
|
batch file
|
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BBC
|
broadband Bearer Capability
|
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BBS
|
Bulletin Board Service
|
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BBS
|
Bulletin Board Systems
|
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BC
|
Bearer Capability
|
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BC
|
binary code
|
|
BC
|
broadcast channel
|
|
BC
|
byte computer
|
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BCBDS
|
Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service
|
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BCC
|
block check character
|
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BCD
|
binary coded decimal
|
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BCD/B
|
binary coded decimal/binary
|
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BCDMA
|
Broad Band CDMA
|
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B-Channel
|
Bearer Channel
|
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BCI
|
binary coded information
|
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BCN
|
broadband communication network
|
|
BCN
|
business communication network
|
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BCOB
|
Broadband Class of Bearer
|
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BCR
|
business card reader
|
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BCS
|
basic catalog structure
|
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BCS
|
basic combined subset
|
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BCS
|
block checking sequence
|
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BCS
|
British Computer Society
|
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BCT
|
Business Cordless Telephony
|
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BCU
|
Broadcast Control Unit
|
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BCW
|
buffer control word
|
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bd
|
bit density
|
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bd
|
board
|
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BDAM
|
basic direct access method
|
|
BDC
|
backup domain controller
|
|
BDC
|
binary-decimal counter
|
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BDE
|
Borland database engine
|
|
BDF
|
business design facility
|
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BDLC
|
Borroughs Data Link Control Protocol
|
|
BDOS
|
Basic Disk Operating System
|
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BDP
|
business data processing
|
|
BDU
|
basic display unit
|
|
BE
|
basic equipment
|
|
BE
|
Boolean expression
|
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BEAMOS
|
beam addressed MOS
|
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BEB
|
binary exponential backoff
|
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BEC
|
back-end computer
|
|
BECN
|
backward explicit congestion notification
|
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BEP
|
back-end processor
|
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BER
|
basic encoding rules
|
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BER
|
bit error rate
|
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BERT
|
bit error rate tester
|
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BETRS
|
Basic Exchange Telecommunication Radio Service
|
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BEV
|
Billion Electron Volts
|
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BFLOPS
|
billion of floating-point operations per second
|
|
bfr
|
buffer
|
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BFS
|
Boot File System
|
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BFT
|
binary file transfer
|
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BGI
|
Borland graphics interface
|
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BGP
|
Border Gateway Protocol
|
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BGT
|
Broadcast and Group Translators
|
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BIC
|
bus interface controller
|
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BICI
|
broadband intercarrier interface
|
|
B-ICI SAAL
|
B-ICI Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer
|
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BIDEC
|
binary-to-decimal conversion
|
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BIFO
|
biased FIFO
|
|
BIGFET
|
bipolar insulated gate field effect transistor
|
|
BILBO
|
built-in logic block observer
|
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BIM
|
beginning-of-information marker
|
|
bimag
|
bistable magnetic (element)
|
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BIN
|
bank identification number
|
|
bin
|
binary
|
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BIOS
|
Basic Input-Output System
|
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BIP
|
Bit Interleaved Parity
|
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BIPS
|
billion instructions per second
|
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BISAM
|
basic indexed sequential access method
|
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B-ISDN
|
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
|
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BISSI
|
Broadband Inter Switching System Interface
|
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BIST
|
built-in self-test
|
|
B-ISUP
|
Broadband ISDN User's Part
|
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BISYNC
|
binary synchronous communications
|
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BIT
|
binary information transfer
|
|
BIT
|
broadband infrastructure technology
|
|
BIT
|
built-in test
|
|
bit
|
binary digit
|
|
BitBlt
|
bit block transfer
|
|
BitFAT
|
bit-mapped file allocation table
|
|
BIU
|
buffer interface unit
|
|
BIU
|
bus interface unit
|
|
BIX
|
binary information exchange
|
|
bkt
|
bracket
|
|
bl
|
blanking
|
|
bl
|
block
|
|
BLAST
|
blocked asynchronous transmission
|
|
BLER
|
block error rate
|
|
blk
|
blank
|
|
blk
|
block
|
|
B-LLI
|
Broadband Low layer Information
|
|
blnk
|
blank
|
|
BLOB
|
binary large objects
|
|
BLR
|
binary language representation
|
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BM
|
basic module
|
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BMA
|
Broadcast Multiple Access
|
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BMAG
|
bistable magnetic element
|
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BMC
|
block-multiplexed channel
|
|
BMS
|
broadcast message server
|
|
BMS
|
business management system
|
|
BN
|
binary number
|
|
BN
|
Bridge Number
|
|
BN
|
bus network
|
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BNA
|
Broadband Network Architecture
|
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BNC
|
bayonet locking connector
|
|
BNF
|
Backus-Normal Form, Backus-Naur Form
|
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B-NT
|
Broadband Network Termination
|
|
BOC
|
byte-oriented computer
|
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BOCA
|
Borland object component architecture
|
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BOF
|
Birds of Feather
|
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BOM
|
Beginning of Message
|
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BOOTP
|
Bootstrap Protocol
|
|
BOP
|
Bit Oriented Protocol
|
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BORAM
|
block-oriented random-access memory
|
|
BOS
|
basic operating system
|
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BOT
|
beginning of tape
|
|
BOT
|
beginning of transmission
|
|
BP
|
base pointer
|
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BPAM
|
basic partitioned access method
|
|
BPB
|
BIOS parameter block
|
|
BPDU
|
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
|
|
BPF
|
Bandpass Filter
|
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BPI
|
business process improvement
|
|
BPI; bpi
|
bit per inch
|
|
BPP
|
Bridge port Pair
|
|
BPR
|
business process reengineering
|
|
B-program
|
benchmark program
|
|
BPS; bps
|
bit per second
|
|
BPSK
|
Binary Phase Shift Keying
|
|
BR
|
boot record
|
|
BR
|
boundary routing
|
|
br
|
branch
|
|
BRA
|
Basic Rate Access
|
|
B-rep
|
boundary representation
|
|
BRI
|
basic rate interface
|
|
BRIM
|
Bridge Router Interface Module
|
|
BRM
|
basic reference model
|
|
BS
|
backspace (character)
|
|
BS
|
binary subtract
|
|
BS
|
British standard
|
|
BSA
|
Business Software Alliance
|
|
BSAM
|
basic sequential access method
|
|
b/s
|
bit per second
|
|
BSC
|
basic (message) switching center
|
|
BSC
|
binary synchronous communication
|
|
BSCA
|
binary synchronous communication adapter
|
|
BSD UNIX
|
Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX
|
|
BSI
|
British Standards Institute
|
|
BSN
|
back-end storage network
|
|
BSP
|
bit-serial processing
|
|
BSP
|
Byte Stream Protocol
|
|
BSS
|
bulk storage system
|
|
BSVC
|
broadcast switched Virtual Connections
|
|
BT
|
batch terminal
|
|
BT
|
British Telecom
|
|
BTAC
|
branch-target address cache
|
|
BTAG
|
Begin Tag
|
|
BTAM
|
basic telecommunication access method
|
|
BTB
|
branch target buffer
|
|
B-TE
|
broadband Terminal equipment
|
|
BTP
|
Bulk Transfer Protocol
|
|
BTR
|
bit transfer rate
|
|
BTS
|
Base Transceiver Station
|
|
BTU
|
basic transmission unit
|
|
BTW
|
by the way
|
|
BUS
|
Broadcast and Unknown Server
|
|
BW
|
Bandwidth
|
|
BW-display
|
black-and-white display
|
|
BWOD
|
band width on demand
|
|
BYMUX
|
byte-multiplexer (channel)
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