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'''Acronyms''' from [[Digital Equipment Corporation]].
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'''Acronyms''' from [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]. (Listings given in ''italics'' are not just DEC acronyms.)
  
 
* [[CBOX]] = Cache Box
 
* [[CBOX]] = Cache Box
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* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Diagnostic Block Numbers (DBNs)|DBN]] = Diagnostic Block Number
 
* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Diagnostic Block Numbers (DBNs)|DBN]] = Diagnostic Block Number
 
* [[Digital Storage Architecture|DSA]] = Digital Storage Architecture
 
* [[Digital Storage Architecture|DSA]] = Digital Storage Architecture
* [[Disk Save and Compress|DSC]] = Disk Save and Compress
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* [[Disk Save and Compress|DSC]] = Disk Save and Compress
* [[DSDF]] = DSA Standard Disk Format
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* [[DSA Standard Disk Format|DSDF]] = DSA Standard Disk Format
 
* [[Digital Standard Runoff|DSR]] = Digital Standard Runoff  
 
* [[Digital Standard Runoff|DSR]] = Digital Standard Runoff  
 
* [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect|DSSI]] = Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
 
* [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect|DSSI]] = Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
 
* [[DUP]] = Diagnostic and Utility Protocol
 
* [[DUP]] = Diagnostic and Utility Protocol
 
* [[EBOX]] = Execution Box
 
* [[EBOX]] = Execution Box
* [[ECO]] = Engineering Change Order
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* [[Engineering Change Order|ECO]] = ''Engineering Change Order''
 
* [[IBOX]] = Instruction Box
 
* [[IBOX]] = Instruction Box
 
* [[JBOX]] = Junction Box
 
* [[JBOX]] = Junction Box
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* [[LAT]] = Local Area Transport
 
* [[LAT]] = Local Area Transport
 
* [[LAVC]] = Local Area VAXcluster
 
* [[LAVC]] = Local Area VAXcluster
* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|LBN]] = Logical Block Number (not just a DEC acronym)
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* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|LBN]] = ''Logical Block Number''
 
* [[MBOX]] = Memory Box
 
* [[MBOX]] = Memory Box
 
* [[Monitor Console Routine|MCR]] = Monitor Console Routine
 
* [[Monitor Console Routine|MCR]] = Monitor Console Routine
 
* [[Maintenance Documentation Service|MDS]] = Maintenance Documentation Service
 
* [[Maintenance Documentation Service|MDS]] = Maintenance Documentation Service
* [[MSCP]] = Mass Storage Control Protocol  
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* [[Mass Storage Control Protocol|MSCP]] = Mass Storage Control Protocol  
 
* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Replacement Block Numbers (RBNs)|RBN]] = Replacement Block Number
 
* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Replacement Block Numbers (RBNs)|RBN]] = Replacement Block Number
 
* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|RCT]] = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table
 
* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|RCT]] = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table
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* [[System Dump Analyzer|SDA]] = System Dump Analyzer
 
* [[System Dump Analyzer|SDA]] = System Dump Analyzer
 
* [[SDB]] = Standard Drive Bus
 
* [[SDB]] = Standard Drive Bus
* [[SDI]] = Standard Disk Interconnect
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* [[Standard Disk Interconnect|SDI]] = Standard Disk Interconnect
 
* [[SDL]]
 
* [[SDL]]
 
* [[STI]] = Standard Tape Interconnect
 
* [[STI]] = Standard Tape Interconnect

Revision as of 01:45, 19 September 2022

Acronyms from Digital Equipment Corporation. (Listings given in italics are not just DEC acronyms.)

  • CBOX = Cache Box
  • CI = Computer Interconnect
  • CMI = CPU/Memory Interconnect
  • DCL = Digital Command Language
  • DBN = Diagnostic Block Number
  • DSA = Digital Storage Architecture
  • DSC = Disk Save and Compress
  • DSDF = DSA Standard Disk Format
  • DSR = Digital Standard Runoff
  • DSSI = Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
  • DUP = Diagnostic and Utility Protocol
  • EBOX = Execution Box
  • ECO = Engineering Change Order
  • IBOX = Instruction Box
  • JBOX = Junction Box
  • LAD = Local Area Disk
  • LAST = Local Area System Transport
  • LAT = Local Area Transport
  • LAVC = Local Area VAXcluster
  • LBN = Logical Block Number
  • MBOX = Memory Box
  • MCR = Monitor Console Routine
  • MDS = Maintenance Documentation Service
  • MSCP = Mass Storage Control Protocol
  • RBN = Replacement Block Number
  • RCT = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table
  • RMS = Record Managment Services
  • SBI = Synchronous Backplane Interconnect
  • SCA = Systems Communication Architecture
  • SCS
  • SDA = System Dump Analyzer
  • SDB = Standard Drive Bus
  • SDI = Standard Disk Interconnect
  • SDL
  • STI = Standard Tape Interconnect
  • UETP = User Environment Test Package
  • UQSSP = UNIBUS QBUS Storage Systems Port
  • VAXBI = VAX Bus Interconnect
  • VBOX = Vector Box
  • VUP = VAX Unit of Performance
  • XBN = External Block Number
  • XMI = Extended Memory Interconnect