The list of computing acronyms and abbreviations.

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PGP:
Pretty Good Privacy(ALGorithM, Unix command, Printing)
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PIC:
Programmable Interrupt Controller(Computer hardware, Computer)
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PLC:
Programmable Logic Controller(Electronics, Forest industry, Paper printing)
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PoE:
Power over Ethernet(Ethernet, Wireless networking, Industrial networking)
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SCADA:
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition(Energy, Computer Security)
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SOA:
Service Oriented Architecture(Computer, Information Technology, Computing)
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TLA:
Three Letter Acronym(SLANG, Computer, Information Technology)
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ACPI:
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface(Intel, MICROSOFT, Computer)
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AD:
Active Directory(WINDOWS, MICROSOFT, Computer Security)
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ASP:
Application Service Provider(Web Service, Affiliate, Internet advertising)
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ATAPI:
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface(Computer engineering)
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BSD:
Berkeley Software Distribution(Operating System, UNIX, Software)
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CA:
Certificate Authority(Computer Security, Computer, Information Technology)
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CAE:
Computer Aided Engineering(Engineering, Computer, Information Technology)
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CAM:
Computer Aided Manufacturing(Computer, US Post, Postal)
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CDE:
Common Desktop Environment(Sun, Computer software, Software)
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CS:
Computer Science(Computer, Information Technology, Computing)
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CTI:
Computer Telephony Integration(Computing Science, Computer Science)
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DAP:
Directory Access Protocol(Computer, Information Technology, Computing)
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DCMI:
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative(Data Storage, Library, Computing Science)
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