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! Acronym | ! Acronym | ||
+ | ! Meaning | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | BR | ||
+ | | [[Bus request line|Bus Request]] ([[UNIBUS]]) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | CBOX | ||
| Cache Box | | Cache Box | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Computer Interconnect | + | | 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 |
− | | [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Diagnostic Block Numbers (DBNs)| | + | | [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Diagnostic Block Numbers (DBNs)|Diagnostic Block Number]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | DCL |
− | | [[Digital | + | | [[Digital Command Language]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | DCS |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Digital Classified Software]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | DDC |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Digital Diagnostic Center]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | DSA |
− | | [[Digital | + | | [[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 | | Execution Box | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | '' | + | | ECO |
− | + | | ''[[Engineering Change Order]]'' | |
|- | |- | ||
+ | | FRU | ||
+ | | [[Field Replacable Unit]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | IBOX | ||
| Instruction Box | | Instruction Box | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | GPX | ||
+ | | [[Graphics Processing Extension]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | GIDIS | ||
+ | | [[General Image Display Instruction Set]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | JBOX | ||
| Junction Box | | Junction Box | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | LAD | ||
| Local Area Disk | | Local Area Disk | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | LAST | ||
| Local Area System Transport | | Local Area System Transport | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | LAT | ||
| Local Area Transport | | Local Area Transport | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Local Area VAXcluster | + | | LAVC |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Local Area VAXcluster]] |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | LBN | ||
+ | | ''[[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|Logical Block Number]]'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | MDM |
− | | [[ | + | | [[MicroVAX Diagnostic Monitor]] |
|- | |- | ||
+ | | MBOX | ||
| Memory Box | | Memory Box | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | Monitor Console Routine | + | | MCR |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Monitor Console Routine]] |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | MDS | ||
+ | | [[Maintenance Documentation Service]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | MSCP | ||
+ | | [[Mass Storage Control Protocol]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ODS-2 | ||
+ | | [[On-disk Structure 2]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | OTS | ||
+ | | [[Object Time System]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | PPL |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Periodic Payment License]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | RBN |
− | | [[ | + | | [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Replacement Block Numbers (RBNs)|Replacement Block Number]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | RCT |
− | | [[DSA Standard Disk Format# | + | | [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|Replacement/Revectoring Control Table]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | RDC |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Digital Remote Diagnosis Center]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | RMS |
− | | [[Record Managment Services | + | | [[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 | + | | [[Standard Drive Bus]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | SDI |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Standard Disk Interconnect]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | SDL |
− | | | + | | Structure Definition Language |
|- | |- | ||
− | | User Environment Test Package | + | | 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 | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | UWS |
− | | [[ | + | | [[ULTRIX Worksystem Software]] |
|- | |- | ||
+ | | VAXBI | ||
+ | | [[VAX Bus Interconnect]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | VBOX | ||
| Vector Box | | Vector Box | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | VAX Unit of Performance | + | | VDS / VAX/DS |
− | | [[ | + | | [[VAX Diagnostic Supervisor]] |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | VUP | ||
+ | | [[VAX Unit of Performance]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | VWS | ||
+ | | [[VAX Workstation Software]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | WCS | ||
+ | | [[Writable Control Store]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | XBN |
− | | [[DSA Standard Disk Format#External Block Numbers (XBNs)| | + | | [[DSA Standard Disk Format#External Block Numbers (XBNs)|External Block Number]] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | XMI |
− | | [[Extended Memory Interconnect | + | | [[Extended Memory Interconnect]] |
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 11:23, 17 April 2024
Acronyms from Digital Equipment Corporation. (Listings given in italics are not just DEC acronyms.)