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Volt |
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| V.FC |
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V.Fast Class |
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| V+TU |
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Voice Plus Teleprinter Unit |
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| V2P |
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Virtual to Physical (sometimes as V to P) |
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| V2V |
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Virtual to Virtual (sometimes as V to V) |
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| V5UA |
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V5 User Adaption (RFC 3807) |
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| VAC |
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Value-Added Carrier |
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Voltage Alternating Current |
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| VAD |
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Value Added Distributor |
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| VAD |
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Voice Activity Detector |
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| VADS |
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Value Added Data Services |
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| VAJ |
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VisualAge for Java |
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Value-Added Network |
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| VAP |
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Value Added Process |
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Value-Added Reseller |
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| VARP |
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VINES Address Resolution Protocol |
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| VAS |
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Value Added Service |
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| VAT |
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Value-Added Tax |
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| VAX |
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Virtual Access Extended |
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| VAX |
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Virtual Address Extension |
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Virtual Address Extension Fault Tolerant (usually VAXft) |
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| VB |
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Visual Basic |
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| VBA |
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Visual Basic for Applications |
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| VBE |
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VESA BIOS Extension |
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| VBI |
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Vertical Blanking Interval |
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| VBN |
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Vermittelandes BreitbandNetz |
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| VBPJ |
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Visual Basic Programmer's Journal |
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| VBR |
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Variable Bit Rate |
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| VBS |
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Visual Basic Script |
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| VBX |
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Visual Basic eXtension |
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| VC |
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Venture Capital / Venture Capitalist |
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| VC |
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Virtual Call |
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| VC |
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Virtual Channel |
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| VC |
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Virtual Circuit |
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| VC |
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Virtual Community |
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Virtual Container (sometimes as VC - i, Virtual Container i) |
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| VCAP |
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VMware Certified Advanced Professional |
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| VCC |
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Virtual Channel Connection |
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| VCCI |
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Voluntary Control Council for Interference |
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| VCD |
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Video Compact Disc |
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| VCI |
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Virtual Channel Identifier |
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| VCI |
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Virtual Circuit Identifier |
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| VCI |
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Virtual Connection Identifier |
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| VCI |
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Visual Chaos Inc. |
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| VCL |
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Virtual Channel Link |
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| VCM |
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Virtual Channel Memory |
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| VCM-SDRAM |
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Virtual Channel Memory Synchronous Dynamic Access Memory (sometimes as VCSDRAM) |
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| VCP |
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(Bluetooth) Video Conferencing Profile |
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| VCP |
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VMware Certified Professional |
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| VCPI |
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Virtual Control Program Interface |
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| VCR |
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Victims of Credit Reporting (victims advocacy group) |
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| VCR |
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Video Cassette Recorder |
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| VCS |
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Virtual Circuit Switch / Virtual Circuit System |
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| VCSDRAM |
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Virtual Channel Synchronous Dynamic Access Memory (sometimes as VCM or VCM-SDRAM) |
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| VCSEL |
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Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser |
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| VCXO |
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Voltage - Controlled Crystal Oscillator |
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| VDA |
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Visual Data Analysis |
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| VDC |
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Voltage Direct Current |
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| VDD |
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Version Description Document |
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| VDE |
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Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker |
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| VDI |
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
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| VDI |
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Virtual Device Interface |
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| VDM |
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Virtual DOS Machine |
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| VDP |
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(Bluetooth) Video Distribution Profile |
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| VDP |
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Variable Data Printing |
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| VDSL |
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Very-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
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| VDT |
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Video Display Terminal |
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| VDT |
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Visual Display Terminal |
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| VDT |
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Volume Definition Table |
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| VDU |
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Video Display Unit |
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| VDU |
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Visual Display Unit |
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| VE |
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Virtual Environment |
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| VER |
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Version |
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| VERA |
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Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms / Verzeichnis EDV-Relevanter Akronyme (document / web site) |
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| VERONICA |
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Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized Archives |
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| VERP |
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Variable Envelope Return Path |
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| VERSA |
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Verification, Execution and Rewrite System for ACSR |
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| VERTIS |
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Vehicle, Road, and Traffic Intelligence Society (of Japan) |
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| VES |
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Virtual Execution System |
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| VESA |
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Video Electronics Standards Association / Video Equipment Standards Association |
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| VEX |
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Video Extensions for X-windows |
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| VF |
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Voice Frequency |
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| VFAT |
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Virtual File Allocation Table |
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| VFD |
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Vacuum Fluorescent Display |
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| VFP |
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Vertical Forms Printing |
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| VFRP |
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VINES Fragmentation Protocol |
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| VFS |
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VINES File System / Virtual File Store |
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| VFS |
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Virtual File System |
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| VFT |
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Voice Frequency Telegraph |
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| VFU |
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Vertical Forms Unit |
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| VFX |
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Visual Effects |
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| VFY |
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Verify |
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| VG |
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Voice Grade |
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| VGA |
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Video Graphics Adaptor |
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| VGA |
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Video Graphics Array |
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| VGB |
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Voice Grade Budget |
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| VGF |
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Voice Grade Facility |
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| VHA |
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Veterans Health Administration |
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| VHD |
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Virtual Hard Disk |
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| VHDL |
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VHSIC Hardware Description Language |
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| VHF |
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Very High Frequency |
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| VHS |
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Video Home System |
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| VHSIC |
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Very High Speed Integrated Circuit |
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| VI |
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Virtual Interface (architecture) |
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| VI |
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Visual Interface (editor) |
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| VIA |
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VAX Information Architecture |
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| VIA |
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Virtual Interface Architecture |
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| VIC |
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Vendor Independent Calendaring |
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| VICI |
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Vendor Independent Component Imaging |
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| VICP |
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VINES Internet Control Protocol |
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| VICS |
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Voluntary Interindustry Communications Standards (committee) |
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| VIF |
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Virtual Interrupt Flag |
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| VIKI |
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Videoconferencing Interactive Kiosk Imaging |
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| VIM |
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Vendor Independent Messaging (Interface or Protocol) |
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| VINCE |
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Vendor Independent Network Control Entity |
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| VINES |
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VIrtual NEtwork Software / Virtual Networking System |
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| VIO |
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Virtual Input/Output |
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| VIP |
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Versatile Interface Processor |
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| VIP |
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Video Image Printing |
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| VIP |
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VINES (Virtual Networking System) Internet Protocol |
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| VIP |
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Virtual Interrupt Pending |
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| VIP |
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Visual Information Processing |
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| VIPC |
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VINES InterProcess Communications (protocol) |
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| VIPR |
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Visual Imperative PRogramming (language) |
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| VIPS |
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Video Image Printer Systems |
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| VIS |
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Video Information System |
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| VISC |
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Video Instruction Set Computing |
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| VITAL |
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Virtually Integrated Technical Architecture Lifecycle |
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| VIU |
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Voiceband Interface Unit |
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| VIUF |
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VHDL International Users Forum |
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| VL |
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VESA Local (bus) |
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| VL |
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Virtual Link |
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| VL |
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Volume Licensing |
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| VLAN |
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Virtual Local Area Network |
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| VLB |
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VESA Local Bus |
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| VLDB |
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Very Large DataBase |
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| VLER |
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Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record |
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| VLF |
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Very Low Frequency |
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| VLF |
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Virtual Log File |
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| VLIW |
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Very Long Instruction Word (processor) |
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| VLM |
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Very Large Memory (architecture) |
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| VLM |
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Virtual Loadable Module |
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| VLR |
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Visitor Location Register |
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| VLSI |
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Very Large Scale Integrated circuitry / Very Large Scale Integration |
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| VM |
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Virtual (8086) Mode |
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| VM |
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Virtual Machine |
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| VM |
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Virtual Memory |
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| VM |
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Voice Messaging |
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| VM/CMS |
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Virtual Machine Conversation Monitor System |
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| VM/ESA |
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Virtual Machine / Enterprise Systems Architecture |
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| VM/SP |
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Virtual Machine / System Product |
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| VMB |
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Voice Mail Box |
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| VMCF |
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Virtual Machine Communications Facility |
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| VMCMS |
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Virtual Machine Conversation Monitor System |
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| VMD |
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Video Motion Detection |
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| VMD |
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Virtual Manufacturing Device |
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| VME |
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(ICL) Virtual Machine Environment (operating system) |
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| VME |
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(OS/2) Virtual Mode Extensions |
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| VME |
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Versa Module Europa (IEEE 1014) |
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| VMESA |
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Virtual Machine / Enterprise Systems Architecture |
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| VMFS |
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(VMware) Virtual Machine File System |
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| VMI |
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Vertical Motion Index |
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| VML |
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Vector Markup Language |
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| VMM |
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Virtual Machine Manager |
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| VMM |
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Virtual Machine Monitor |
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| VMR |
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Volt - Meter Reverse |
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| VMRS |
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Voice Message Relay System |
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| VMS |
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Vendor Management System |
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| VMS |
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Video Management Software |
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| VMS |
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Virtual Machine Storage |
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| VMS |
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Virtual Memory System |
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| VMS |
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Voice Mail System / Voice Message System |
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| VMS |
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Voice Management System |
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| VMSP |
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Virtual Machine System Product |
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| VMTP |
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Versatile Message Transaction Protocol |
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| VNA |
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Virtual Networking Architecture |
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| VNC |
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Virtual Network Computing |
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| VNET |
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Virtual NETwork |
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| VNF |
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Virtual Network Feature |
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| VNIC |
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Virtual Network Interface Card |
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| VNL |
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Via Net Loss (plan) |
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| VNLF |
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Via Net Loss Factor |
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| VNS |
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Virtual Network Switching |
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| VOA |
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Variability-Oriented Analysis (process modeling) |
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| VOD |
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Video On Demand |
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| VOD |
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Voice On Demand |
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| VODAS |
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Voice Over Data Access Station |
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| VODSL |
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Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (usually as VoDSL) |
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| VOIP |
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Voice over IP (usually as VoIP) |
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| VOL |
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Volume |
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| VOM |
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Volt Ohm Meter |
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| VOP |
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Velocity Of Propagation |
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| VOS |
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Virtual Object System |
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| VOTS |
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VAX OSI Transport Service |
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| VOX |
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Volume Element |
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| VP |
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Virtual Path |
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| VPA |
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VAX Performance Advisor |
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| VPC |
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Virtual Path Connection |
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| VPC |
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Virtual Private Cloud |
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| VPCI |
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Virtual Path Connection Identifier |
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| VPD |
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Vital Product Data |
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| VPI |
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Virginia Polytechnical Institute |
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| VPI |
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Virtual Path Identifier |
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| VPL |
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Virtual Path Link |
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| VPLA |
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Visual Programming Language for Animation |
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| VPLS |
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Virtual Private LAN Service |
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| VPN |
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Virtual Private Network |
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| VPP |
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Peak-Point Voltage (usually Vpp) |
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| VPPA |
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Video Privacy Protection Act (of 1998) |
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| VPS |
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Variable Print Specification |
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| VPS |
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Video Programming System |
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| VPT |
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Virtual Path Terminator |
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| VQEG |
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Video Quality Experts Group |
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| VQFP |
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Very-small Quad Flat Package |
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| VR |
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Virtual Reality |
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| VR |
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Voltage Regulation |
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| VRAM |
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Video Random Access Memory |
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| VRC |
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Vertical Redundancy Check |
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| VRE |
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Voltage Regulation Extended |
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| VRM |
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Voltage Regulator Module |
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| VRML |
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Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
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| VRRP |
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Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol |
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| VRS |
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Voice Response System |
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| VRTP |
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VINES Routing Transport Protocol |
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| VRU |
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Voice Response Unit |
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| VRUP |
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VINES Routing Update Protocol |
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| VS |
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[Microsoft] Visual Studio |
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| VS |
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Virtual Scheduling / Virtual Storage |
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| VSA |
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Virtual SAN Appliance |
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| VSAL |
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Very Small Aperture Laser |
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| VSAM |
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Virtual Sequential Access Method / Virtual Storage Access Method |
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| VSAT |
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Very Small Aperture Terminal |
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| VSB |
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Vestigial SideBand modulation |
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| VSC |
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Vertical Service Code |
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| VSC |
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VocalTec Software Compression |
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| VSE |
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[HP] Virtual Server Environment |
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| VSE |
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Vancouver Stock Exchange |
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| VSE |
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Virtual Storage Extended |
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| VSF |
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Voice Store and Forward |
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| VSMP |
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Virtual Symmetric MultiProcessing |
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| VSNL |
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Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (India's state-controlled phone co.) |
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| VSPC |
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Visual Storage Personal Computing |
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| VSPP |
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VINES Sequenced Packet Protocol |
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| VSR |
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Voice Storage and Retrieval |
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| VSS |
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(Windows) Volume Shadow copy Services / Volume Shadow Service / Volume Snapshot Service |
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| VSS |
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Voice Storage System |
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| VSSP |
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Voice Switch Signaling Point |
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| VSWR |
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Voltage Standing Wave Radio |
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| VT |
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Vertical Tabulation (ASCII) / Vertical Tab |
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| VT |
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Video Terminal |
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| VT |
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Virtual Terminal |
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Virtualization Technology |
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Virtual Telecommunications Access Method |
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Virtual Telecommunications Access Method Entry |
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Video Teleconferencing |
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Volume Tape Catalog |
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Virtual Trunk Group |
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Virtual Terminal Interface |
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Virtual Tape Library |
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Voice and Telephony Over ATM |
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Volume Table Of Contents |
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Virtual Terminal Protocol |
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Variable Team Pricing Plan |
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Very Thin Quad Flat Package |
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Video Tape Recorder |
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Video Teleconferencing System |
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Virtual Tape Server |
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Virtual Terminal Service |
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Videotex |
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Volume Unit |
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Virtual University Enterprises |
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Visual User Environment |
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Visual User Interface |
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Visual User Interface Tool |
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VAX Unit of Processing |
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Virtual Extensible Local Area Network |
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Voice eXtensible Markup Language |
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