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Revision as of 08:50, 26 March 2023

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

Acronym Meaning
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
GPX Graphics Processing Extension
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
ODS-2 On-disk Structure 2
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
VWS VAX Workstation Software
XBN External Block Number
XMI Extended Memory Interconnect