Computing Terms Starting with A

A Hardware Programming Language	A Language Encouraging Program Hierarchy
A Language for Attributed Definitions	A Language with an Extensible Compiler	A Manufacturing Language
A PArse REquest Language	A Programming Language	A Simulation Process-Oriented Language
A Tools Integration Standard	A#	A&B
A'UM	A* search	A-0
A-3	A-language	A-law
A-Life	A. K. Erlang	A/D converter
A/UX	a1	A1 security
A20 handler	A3D	a56
AAC	AADL	AAL
AAP	AAP DTD	aard
AARP	AARP probe packets	AAUI
abbrev	Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems	ABC
ABC ALGOL	ABCL/1	ABCL/c+
ABCL/R	ABCL/R2	abduction
ABEND	ABI	ABLE
ABM	ABNF	abort
ABP	ABR	abscissa
ABSET	absolute path	absolute pathname
abstract class	abstract data type	abstract interpretation
abstract machine	Abstract Machine Notation	abstract syntax
Abstract Syntax Notation 1	abstract syntax tree	Abstract Window Toolkit
Abstract Windowing Toolkit	Abstract-Type and Scheme-Definition Language	abstraction
ABSYS	AC2	AC3
ACA	ACAP	Accelerated Graphics Port
accelerator	Accent	accept
Acceptable Use Policy	acceptance testing	Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language
acceptor	Access	Access Control List
access method	access permission	access time
ACCLAIM	Account Representative	Accounting File
accounting management	ACCU	accumulator
accuracy	ACE	ACF
ACF/NCP	ACIA	ACID
ACIS	ACK	ACL
ACM	ACME	ACOM
Acorn Archimedes	Acorn Computer Group	Acorn Computers Ltd.
Acorn RISC Machine	ACOS	acoustic coupler
ACP	ACPI	Acrobat
acronym	ACSE	ACT
ACT ONE	ACT++	Act1
Act2	Act3	Actalk
Actis	activation record	active DBMS
Active Directory	Active Language I	active matrix display
Active Measurement Project	Active Monitor	active object
Active Reconfiguring Message	Active Server Pages	ActiveX
ActiveX Data Objects	Actor	actor
actor/singer/waiter/webmaster	Actors	Actra
actual argument	Actus	AD
ad	ad hoc	ad-hoc polymorphism
ad-hockery	AD/Cycle	Ada
Ada 83	Ada 95	Ada 9X
Ada Core Technologies	Ada Lovelace	Ada Programming Support Environment
Ada Semantic Interface Specification	Ada Software Repository	Ada++
Ada-O	Ada/Ed	ADABAS
Adaline	ADAM	Adam7
Adamakegen	ADAMO	Adaplan
Adaplex	ADAPT	Adaptable User Interface
Adaptec	adaptive answering	Adaptive Communication Environment
Adaptive Digital Pulse Code Modulation	adaptive learning	adaptive routing
Adaptive Server Enterprise	Adaptive Simulated Annealing	Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
Adaptor	ADC	ADCCP
ADCU	ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL	ADDD
additive	address	address bus
address mask	address resolution	Address Resolution Protocol
address space	Address Strobe	addressed call mode
addressee	addressing mode	ADELE
ADES	Aditi	adjacency
adjacent	ADL	AdLog
ADM	ADMD	admin
Administration Management Domain	administrative distance	Administrative Domain
admissible	ADO	Adobe Systems, Inc.
Adobe Type Manager	ADPCM	ADR
ADS	ADSL	ADSP
ADSU	ADT	Advanced Audio Coding
Advanced Communication Function/Network Control Pr	Advanced Communications Function	Advanced Computing Environment
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface	Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol	Advanced Encryption Standard
Advanced Function Presentation	Advanced Function Printing	Advanced Intelligent Tape
Advanced Interactive eXecutive	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	Advanced Network Systems Architecture
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking	Advanced Power Management	Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller	Advanced Research Projects Agency	Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Advanced Revelation	Advanced RISC Computing Specification	Advanced RISC Machine
Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.	Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface	Advanced Software Environment
Advanced STatistical Analysis Program	Advanced Technology Attachment	Advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Exte
Advanced WavEffect	Advantage Gen	ADVENT
Adventure Definition Language	ADVSYS	AE
ae	AED	AEGIS
Aegis	Aeolus	AEP
aeroplane rule	AES	AESOP
af	AFAC	AFAIK
affine transformation	affordance	AFIPS
AFJ	AFK	aflex
AFNOR	AFP	AFS
AFUU	ag	agent
aggregate type	aggregation	aggregator
AGL	AGM Theory for Belief Revision	AGORA
AGP	AGP graphics	AHDL
AHPL	AI	ai
AI International	AI koan	AI-complete
AIA	AID	AIDA
AIDS	AIDX	AIFF
AIMACO	Aimnet	AIR
AIr MAterial COmmand compiler	airplane rule	AIT
AIX	AKC	AKCL
AKL	AL	al
Aladdin Enterprises	Aladdin Systems, Inc.	ALADIN
ALAM	Alan F. Shugart	Alan Kay
Alan M. Turing	Alan Shugart	Alan Turing
ALC	Alcool-90	ALCOR
Aldat	ALDES	ALDiSP
ALEC	ALEF	ALEPH
Aleph	aleph 0	alert
Alex	Alexis	ALF
Alfl	algebra	Algebra of Communicating Processes
ALGEBRAIC	algebraic	algebraic data type
Algebraic Interpretive Dialogue	Algebraic Logic Functional language	Algebraic Manipulation Package
Algebraic Specification Language	algebraic structure	ALGOL
ALGOL 58	ALGOL 60	ALGOL 60 Modified
ALGOL 60 Revised	ALGOL 68	ALGOL 68 Revised
ALGOL 68-R	ALGOL 68C	ALGOL 68RS
ALGOL 68S	ALGOL C	ALGOL D
ALGOL N	ALGOL W	ALGOL X
ALGOL Y	algorithim	algorithm
ALgorithm DEScription	ALgorIthmic ASsembly language	Algorithmic Language
Algorithmic Model	Algorithmic Processor Description Language	Algorithmic Test Case Generation
ALGY	ALIAS	alias
aliasing	aliasing bug	Alice
alife	ALJABR	all-elbows
Allegro	ALLIANCE	ALLOY
ALM	Aloha	Aloha Net
Alonzo Church	ALP	ALPAK
ALPHA	Alpha	Alpha AXP 21164
alpha conversion	Alpha EV6	Alpha Geek
alpha particle	alpha testing	alpha/beta pruning
alphanumeric	Alphard	ALPS
alt	alt bit	alt.sources
Alta Vista	ALTAC	Altair 8800
Alternating bit protocol	altmode	ALTRAN
ALU	Aluminum Book	Alvey
AM	am	Amanda
amateur packet radio	Amber	AMBIT
AMBIT/G	AMBIT/L	AMBIT/S
AMBUSH	AMD	AMD 29000
AMD 29027	AMD Am2901	AMD Am2903
AMD Am2910	AMD K7	Amdahl
Amdahl Corporation	Amdahl's Law	America On-Line, Inc.
America's Multimedia Online	American National Standard	American National Standards Institute
American Society of Mechanical Engineers	American Standard Code for Information Interchange	American Telephone and Telegraph, Inc.
American Wire Gauge	AMI	Amiga
Amiga E	Aminet	AML
AML/E	AMO	Amoeba
AMP	amp off	amper
Ampere	ampersand	AMPL
AMPLE	Amplitude Modulation	AMPPL-II
AMS	AMTRAN	Amulet
an	An Evolutionary System for On-line Programming	analog
Analog Hardware Design Language	analogue	analogue computer
Analogy Model	Analytical Engine	Analytical Machine
anchor	ANCP	AND
ANDF	Andorra Kernel Language	Andorra-I
Andorra-Prolog	Andrei Markov	Andrew File System
Andrew Fluegelman	Andrew Message System	Andrew Project
Andrew S. Tanenbaum	Andrew Tanenbaum	Andrew Toolkit
Andy Tanenbaum	Angel	angle bracket
Anglo-Saxon point	angry fruit salad	ANI
Animated GIF	animation	Animus
ANL	Anna	annealing
annotate	ANNotated Ada	annotation
annoybot	annoyware	Annual Change Traffic
annulled branch	anonymous FTP	ANother Tool for Language Recognition
ANR	ANS	ANSA
ANSI	ANSI C	ANSI Minimal BASIC
ANSI X12	ANSI Z39.50	ANSI/SPARC
ANSI/SPARC Architecture	ANSI/SPARC model	Anthony Hoare
anti-aliasing	antichain	antisymmetric
antivirus software	ANTLR	ANU
ANU ML	any key	anytime algorithm
ao	AOCE	AOL
AOP	AOS	APA
Apache	APAL	APAREL
APC	APDL	APE
apE	API	APIC
APL	APL2	APLGOL
APLWEB	APM	Apollo Computer
apostrophe	app	APPC
AppKit	APPLE	Apple Attachment Unit Interface
Apple Computer, Inc.	Apple II	Apple Macintosh
Apple Newton	Apple Open Collaboration Environment	AppleScript
Applesoft BASIC	applet	Appletalk
AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol	AppleTalk Filing Protocol	appletviewer
application	Application Binary Interface	Application Configuration Access Protocol
Application Control Architecture	Application Developer	application enablement services
Application environment specification	Application Executive	Application Integration Architecture
application layer	Application Portability Architecture	application program
Application Program Interface	Application Programming Interface	Application Protocol Data Unit
application server	Application Service Element	application service provider
application software	Application Software Installation Server	application testing
Application Visualisation System	Application-Specific Integrated Circuit	Applications Development Manager
applications language	Applications Programming Interface	applications software
applicative language	Applicative Language for Digital Signal Processing	applicative order reduction
APPLOG	APPN	approximation algorithm
April Fool's Joke	APSE	APT
APX III	aq	AQL
ar	arbitrary precision calculator	ARC
arc	Arcade	ArchBSD
archie	Archimedes	architecture
Architecture Neutral Distribution Format	archive	archive site
ARCnet	ARCS	Arctic
arena	ARES	AREV
AREXX	arg	argument
Argus	ARI Service	Ariel
ARITH-MATIC	Arithmetic and Logic Unit	arity
arj	Arjuna	ARL
ARM	ARM Ltd	ARM610
ARM7	ARM710	ARM7500
ARM8	ARM800	ARMM
armour-plated	ARP	ARPA
ARPANET	ARQ	array
array processor	Array Processor Assembly Language	Array Theory
arrow key	ART	Artemis microkernel
Artifex	artificial intelligence	Artificial Intelligence Lab
Artificial Life	artificial neural network	Artisoft, Inc.
Artistic license	ARTSPEAK	AS
as	AS/400	as31
AS400	ASA	asap
asbestos	asbestos cork award	asbestos longjohns
ascender	ASCII	ASCII art
ASCII character table	ASCII graphics	ASCIIbetical order
ASCIIbonics	ASDIMPL	ASDL
ASDO IMPlementation Language	ASE	ASF
ash	Ashmedai	Ashton-Tate Corporation
ASIC	ASIS	ASK
ASL	ASL+	ASM
ASME	ASN	ASN.1
ASP	ASPECT	ASpecT
aspect	aspect ratio	aspect-oriented programming
ASPEN	ASPI	ASPIK
Aspirin	ASPLE	ASPOL
ASQC	ASR	assembler
ASSEMBLY	assembly code	Assembly Language
assembly language	Assembly Language Compiler	Assembly Language for Multics
assertion	ASSET	asset management
Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology	assigned numbers	assignment
assignment problem	Association Control Service Element	Association for Computational Linguistics
Association for Computing	Association for Computing Machinery	Association for Progressive Communications
Association for SIMULA Users	Association Française des Utilisateurs d'Unix	Association of American Publishers
Association of C and C++ Users	Association of Lisp Users	associative array
associative memory	Associative Memory Parallel Processing Language	AST
AST Computers, LLC	AST Research, Inc.	ASTAP
asterisk	asterix	Astra Digital Radio
Astral	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop
asymmetrical modulation	asynchronous	Asynchronous Balanced Mode
Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter	asynchronous logic	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
asyncronous	AT	at
AT Attachment	AT Attachment Packet Interface	AT bus architecture
at sign	AT&T	AT&T Bell Labs
AT-3	ATA	ATA point
ATA-2	ATA-4	Atanasoff, John Vincent
Atanasoff-Berry Computer	ATAPI	Atari
AtFS	Athena	Atherton Technology
Athlon	ATIS	ATK
ATLAS	Atlas Autocode	ATM
ATM Forum	ATMP	atob
ATOLL	atomic	ATRAC
ATS	Attachment Unit Interface	attenuation
atto-	attoparsec	attribute
Attribute Translation System	Attributed File System	ATX
au	aubergine	audio
Audio IFF	Audio Processing Technology	Audio Video Interleave
audiographic teleconferencing	audiographics	AudioOne
Augmented Backus-Naur Form	AUI	AUP
Aurora	Austin Kyoto Common Lisp	authentication
authoring	Auto Idle	AUTO-PROMPT
autobaud	autobogotiphobia	AutoCAD
Autocode	AUTOCODER	autoconf
autoconfiscate	Autodesk, Inc.	AUTOEXEC.BAT
AUTOGRAF	AUTOGRP	Autolisp
autoloader	automagically	automata
automata theory	Automated Engineering Design	AUTOmated GRouPing system
Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation	automated testing	AUTOMATH
automatic baud rate detection	automatic hyphenation	Automatic Mathematical TRANslation
Automatic Network Routing	Automatic Number Identification	Automatic Repeat Request
Automatic Send Receive	Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator	Automatically Programmed Tools
automation	Automatische Rechenplanfertigung	automaton
Automatrix, Inc.	Autonomous System	Autonomous System Number
Autopass	autoprojector	Autostat
autostereogram	auxiliary storage	av
availability	Avalon/C++	Avalon/Common LISP
avatar	average seek time	AverStar
AVI	Avon	AVS
aw	AWE	AWG
awk	AWT	aXe
AXIOM	axiom	Axiom of Choice
Axiom of Comprehension	AXIOM*	Axiomatic Architecture Description Language
axiomatic semantics	axiomatic set theory	AXLE
ayacc	AYT	az
AZERTY