The list of microsoft acronyms and abbreviations.

All microsoft related acronyms and abbreviations.

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COM:
Component Object Model(Software Development, Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS)
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ACL:
Access Control List(Computer network, Database, Microsoft Windows)
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IIS:
Internet Information Services(Information, Software Development)
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SMS:
Systems Management Server(WINDOWS, MICROSOFT, Computer Security)
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AD:
Active Directory(WINDOWS, MICROSOFT, Computer Security)
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EFS:
Encrypting File System(Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS, MICROSOFT)
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FAT:
File Allocation Table(Operating System, Computer file, FILE)
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MMC:
Microsoft Management Console(Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS, Computer software)
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OLE:
Object Linking and Embedding(Software Development, Printing, Publishing)
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SMB:
Server Message Block(Protocol, Intel, Microsoft Windows)
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DCOM:
Distributed Component Object Model(Software Development)
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ISA:
Internet Security and Acceleration(Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS, MICROSOFT)
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MBSA:
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer(Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS)
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NAP:
Network Access Protection(Computer technology, Microsoft Windows)
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WMI:
Windows Management Instrumentation(Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS, MICROSOFT)
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ACE:
Access Control Entry(Database, Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS)
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ADSI:
Active Directory Service Interfaces(WINDOWS, MICROSOFT, Computing)
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GPO:
Group Policy Object(Operating System, Computers, Microsoft Windows)
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MDAC:
Microsoft Data Access Components(Computers, Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS)
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MDI:
Multiple Document Interface(WINDOWS, Computer software, MICROSOFT)
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