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! Phrase
! Acronym
! Acronym
! Meaning
|-
|-
| APT
| [[Automated Product Test]]
|-
| BR
| [[Bus request line|Bus Request]] ([[UNIBUS]])
|-
| CBOX
| Cache Box
| Cache Box
| [[CBOX]]
|-
|-
| Computer Interconnect
| CDD
| [[Computer Interconnect|CI]]
| [[Common Data Dictionary]]
|-
| CFS
| [[Common File System]] ([[PDP-10]]/[[TOPS-20]])
|-
| CI
| [[Computer Interconnect]]
|-
| CMI
| [[CPU/Memory Interconnect]]
|-
| CRD
| [[Customer Runnable Diagnostic]]
|-
| CSC
| [[Customer Support Center]]
|-
|-
| CPU/Memory Interconnect
| CSS
| [[CPU/Memory Interconnect|CMI]]
| [[Computer Special Systems]]
|-
|-
| Digital Command Language
| DBN
| [[Digital Command Language|DCL]]
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Diagnostic Block Numbers (DBNs)|Diagnostic Block Number]]
|-
|-
| Diagnostic Block Number
| DCL
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Diagnostic Block Numbers (DBNs)|DBN]]
| [[Digital Command Language]]
|-
|-
| Digital Storage Architecture
| DCS
| [[Digital Storage Architecture|DSA]]
| [[Digital Classified Software]]
|-
|-
| Disk Save and Compress
| DDC
| [[Disk Save and Compress|DSC]]
| [[Digital Diagnostic Center]]
|-
|-
| DSA Standard Disk Format
| DRS
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format|DSDF]]
| [[Diagnostic Runtime Services]]
|-
|-
| Digital Standard Runoff
| DSA
| [[Digital Standard Runoff|DSR]]
| [[Digital Storage Architecture]]
|-
|-
| Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
| DSC
| [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect|DSSI]]
| [[Disk Save and Compress]]
|-
|-
| Diagnostic and Utility Protocol
| DSDF
| [[DUP]]
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format]]
|-
|-
| DSR
| [[Digital Standard Runoff]]
|-
| DSSI
| [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect]]
|-
| DTR
| [[DATATRIEVE]]
|-
| DUP
| [[Diagnostic and Utility Protocol]]
|-
| EBOX
| Execution Box
| Execution Box
| [[EBOX]]
|-
|-
| ''Engineering Change Order''
| ECO
| [[Engineering Change Order|ECO]]
| ''[[Engineering Change Order]]''
|-
|-
| FRU
| ''[[Field Replaceable Unit]]''
|-
| IBOX
| Instruction Box
| Instruction Box
| [[IBOX]]
|-
|-
| GPX
| [[Graphics Processing Extension]]
|-
|  GIDIS
| [[General Image Display Instruction Set]]
|-
| JBOX
| Junction Box
| Junction Box
| [[JBOX]]
|-
|-
| LAD
| Local Area Disk
| Local Area Disk
| [[LAD]]
|-
|-
| LAST
| Local Area System Transport
| Local Area System Transport
| [[LAST]]
|-
|-
| LAT
| Local Area Transport
| Local Area Transport
| [[LAT]]
|-
|-
| Local Area VAXcluster
| LAVC
| [[LAVC]]
| [[Local Area VAXcluster]]
|-
|-
| ''Logical Block Number''
| LBN
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|LBN]]
| ''[[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|Logical Block Number]]''
|-
|-
| MDM
| [[MicroVAX Diagnostic Monitor]]
|-
| MBOX
| Memory Box
| Memory Box
| [[MBOX]]
|-
|-
| Monitor Console Routine
| MCR
| [[Monitor Console Routine|MCR]]
| [[Monitor Console Routine]]
|-
|-
| Maintenance Documentation Service
| MDS
| [[Maintenance Documentation Service|MDS]]
| [[Maintenance Documentation Service]]
|-
|-
| Mass Storage Control Protocol
| MSCP
| [[Mass Storage Control Protocol|MSCP]]
| [[Mass Storage Control Protocol]]
|-
|-
| Replacement Block Number
| ODS-2
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Replacement Block Numbers (RBNs)|RBN]]
| [[On-disk Structure 2]]
|-
|-
| Replacement/Revectoring Control Table
| OTS
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|RCT]]
| [[Object Time System]]
|-
|-
| Record Managment Services
| PPD
| [[Record Managment Services|RMS]]
| [[Systems Communication Architecture|Port/Port Driver Layer]]
|-
|-
| Synchronous Backplane Interconnect
| PPL
| [[Synchronous Backplane Interconnect|SBI]]
| [[Periodic Payment License]]
|-
|-
| Systems Communication Architecture
| RBN
| [[SCA]]
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Replacement Block Numbers (RBNs)|Replacement Block Number]]
|-
|-
|
| RCT
| [[SCS]]
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|Replacement/Revectoring Control Table]]
|-
|-
| System Dump Analyzer
| RDC
| [[System Dump Analyzer|SDA]]
| [[Digital Remote Diagnosis Center]]
|-
|-
| Standard Drive Bus
| RMS
| [[SDB]]
| [[Record Managment Services]]
|-
|-
| Standard Disk Interconnect
| SBB
| [[Standard Disk Interconnect|SDI]]
| [[System Building Block]]
|-
|-
|
| SBI
| [[SDL]]
| [[Synchronous Backplane Interconnect]]
|-
|-
| Standard Tape Interconnect
| SCA
| [[STI]]
| [[Systems Communication Architecture]]
|-
|-
| User Environment Test Package
| SCS
| [[User Environment Test Package|UETP]]
| [[Systems Communication Architecture|Systems Communication Services]]
|-
|-
| SDA
| [[System Dump Analyzer]]
|-
| SDB
| [[Standard Drive Bus]]
|-
| SDI
| [[Standard Disk Interconnect]]
|-
| SDL
| Structure Definition Language
|-
| STI
| [[Standard Tape Interconnect]]
|-
| UETP
| [[User Environment Test Package]]
|-
| UPI
| [[DEC Unique Product Identifier|Unique Product Identifier]]
|-
| UQSSP
| [[UNIBUS]] [[QBUS]] Storage Systems Port
| [[UNIBUS]] [[QBUS]] Storage Systems Port
| [[UQSSP]]
|-
|-
| VAX Bus Interconnect
| UUT
| [[VAX Bus Interconnect|VAXBI]]
| Unit Under Test
|-
| UWS
| [[ULTRIX Worksystem Software]]
|-
| VAXBI
| [[VAX Bus Interconnect]]
|-
|-
| VBOX
| Vector Box
| Vector Box
| [[VBOX]]
|-
|-
| VAX Unit of Performance
| VDS / VAX/DS
| [[VUP]]
| [[VAX Diagnostic Supervisor]]
|-
|-
| External Block Number
| VUP
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#External Block Numbers (XBNs)|XBN]]
| [[VAX Unit of Performance]]
|-
|-
| Extended Memory Interconnect
| VWS
| [[Extended Memory Interconnect|XMI]]
| [[VAX Workstation Software]]
|-
| WCS
| [[Writable Control Store]]
|-
| XBN
| [[DSA Standard Disk Format#External Block Numbers (XBNs)|External Block Number]]
|-
| XMI
| [[Extended Memory Interconnect]]
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 15:17, 19 September 2026

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

Acronym Meaning
APT Automated Product Test
BR Bus Request (UNIBUS)
CBOX Cache Box
CDD Common Data Dictionary
CFS Common File System (PDP-10/TOPS-20)
CI Computer Interconnect
CMI CPU/Memory Interconnect
CRD Customer Runnable Diagnostic
CSC Customer Support Center
CSS Computer Special Systems
DBN Diagnostic Block Number
DCL Digital Command Language
DCS Digital Classified Software
DDC Digital Diagnostic Center
DRS Diagnostic Runtime Services
DSA Digital Storage Architecture
DSC Disk Save and Compress
DSDF DSA Standard Disk Format
DSR Digital Standard Runoff
DSSI Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
DTR DATATRIEVE
DUP Diagnostic and Utility Protocol
EBOX Execution Box
ECO Engineering Change Order
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
IBOX Instruction Box
GPX Graphics Processing Extension
GIDIS General Image Display Instruction Set
JBOX Junction Box
LAD Local Area Disk
LAST Local Area System Transport
LAT Local Area Transport
LAVC Local Area VAXcluster
LBN Logical Block Number
MDM MicroVAX Diagnostic Monitor
MBOX Memory Box
MCR Monitor Console Routine
MDS Maintenance Documentation Service
MSCP Mass Storage Control Protocol
ODS-2 On-disk Structure 2
OTS Object Time System
PPD Port/Port Driver Layer
PPL Periodic Payment License
RBN Replacement Block Number
RCT Replacement/Revectoring Control Table
RDC Digital Remote Diagnosis Center
RMS Record Managment Services
SBB System Building Block
SBI Synchronous Backplane Interconnect
SCA Systems Communication Architecture
SCS Systems Communication Services
SDA System Dump Analyzer
SDB Standard Drive Bus
SDI Standard Disk Interconnect
SDL Structure Definition Language
STI Standard Tape Interconnect
UETP User Environment Test Package
UPI Unique Product Identifier
UQSSP UNIBUS QBUS Storage Systems Port
UUT Unit Under Test
UWS ULTRIX Worksystem Software
VAXBI VAX Bus Interconnect
VBOX Vector Box
VDS / VAX/DS VAX Diagnostic Supervisor
VUP VAX Unit of Performance
VWS VAX Workstation Software
WCS Writable Control Store
XBN External Block Number
XMI Extended Memory Interconnect
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