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 | SA Source Address
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| SAA Systems Application Architecture
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| SAAL Signalling ATM Adaptation Layer
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| SAM Security Access Manager
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| SAM Support And Maintenance
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| SAM System Activity Monitor
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| SAML Security Assertion Markup Language
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| SAN Storage Area Network A high speed dedicated network or sub network designed for consolidating data storage away from other computing resources
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| SAP Service Access Point
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| SAP Secondary Audio Program
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| SAR Segmentation And Reassembly
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| SAW Surface Acoustic Wave
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| SBE Society of Broadcast Engineers
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| SBS Satellite Business Systems
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| SCA Subsidiary Communications Authority
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| SCAI Switch to Computer Applications Interface
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| SCBA Small Cable Business Association
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| SCDMA Synchronous Code Division Multiplex Access
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| SCE Service Creation Environment
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| SCO Santa Cruz Operation
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| SCO Synchronous Connection Oriented link
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| SCP Service Control Point
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| SCR System Clock Reference
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| SCR Sustainable Cell Rate
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| SCSI Small Computer System Interface A standard to transmit and receive data to and from peripherals such as storage devices
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| SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
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| SD Super Density
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| SD Service Discovery
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| SD Service Directory
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| SDDB Service Discovery Data Base
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| SDDI Shielded Distributed Data Interface
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| SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
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| SDK Software Developers Kit Microsoft
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| SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
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| SDMI Secure Digital Music Interactive
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| SDO Standards Development Organisation
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| SDP Service Discovery Protocol
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| SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
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| SDSL Symmetric asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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| SDTV Standard Definition TeleVision
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| SDU Service Data Unit
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| SEAL Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer
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| SECB Severely Errored Cell Block
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| SEQN SEQuential Numbering scheme
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| SET Secure Electronic Transaction A system for ensuring the security of financial transactions over the internet
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| SG Signal Ground
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| SGDF SuperGroup Distribution Frame
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| SGML Standard Generalised Markup Language
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| SGMP Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol
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| SHTTP Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol Secures server data
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| SI Serial Interface
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| SI Step Index
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| SICSIT SIlicon Carbide Static Induction Transistor
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| SID Security IDentifier
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| SIF Standard Image Format
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| SIGEHBT SIlicon GErmanium Heterojunction Bipolor Transistor
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| SIM Subscriber Identity Module Card commonly used in GSM phones
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| SIMD Simple Instruction Multiple Divide
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| SIMM Single Inline Memory Module A memory module where the legs are aligned on a single side
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| SIR Sustained Information Rate
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| SIT Satellite Information Table
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| SLA Service Level Agreement Defined agreement between two parties specifying the level of service required
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| SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol A protocol that defines the connectivity to the internet from locations around the globe
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| SLM Signal Level Meter
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| SLM Service Level Management
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| SLR Scalable Linear Tape
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| SLS Single Line Service
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| SM Single Mode
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| SM Storage Management
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| SMATV Satellite Master Antenna TeleVision
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| SMC Sleep Mode Connection
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| SMDR Station Message Detail Recording
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| SMDS Switched Multimagebit Data Service
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| SMIT System Management Interface Tool
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| SML Service Management Layer
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| SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing Processing that is divided evenly among multiple identical processors by a load based algorithm.
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| SMR |
Specialised Mobile Radio
| SMS |
Short Message Service
Allows the transmission of text messages
| SMS |
Systems Management Server
| SMT |
Station ManagemenT
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
| SNA |
System Network Architecture
IBM
| SNAIP |
Simple Network Architecture Interface Protocol
| SNAP |
Sub Network Access Protocol
| SNAP |
Sub Network Attachment Point
| SNDCF |
Sub Network Dependent Convergence Function
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol
| SNPP |
Simple Network Paging Protocol
| SNR |
Signal to Noise Ratio
| SNTP |
Simple Network Time Protocol
| SOA |
Service Orientated Architecture
| SOAP |
Simple Object Application Protocol
Based on XML used to link applications together
| SOHO Small Office Home Office
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| SONAR SOund NAvigation Ranging
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| SONET Synchronous Optical NETwork
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| SP Service Provider
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| SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture Reduced instruction set Computer
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| SPC Stored Program Protocol
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| SPE Synchronous Payload Envelope
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| SPI Security Parameter Index
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| SPID Service Protocol Identifier
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| SPP Standard Parallel Port
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| SPX Sequenced Packet eXchange
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| SQL Structured Query Language A language that allows interrogation of a database or databases in standard "English" format
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| SR Source Routing
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| SRAM Static Random Access Memory Similar to RAM but allows the retention of data without the need for refresh
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| SRES Signed RESponse Bluetooth |
| SRL Structured Return Loss
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| SRM Supplier Relationship Management Collect, analyse and access information to better understand the supplier
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| SRT Source Routing Transparent
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| SRTS Synchronous Residual Time Stamp
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| SS Suplimentary Services
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| SSA Serial Storage Architecture
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| SSB Single Side Band
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| SSCF Service Specific Coordination Function
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| SSCOP Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol
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| SSCS Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
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| SSH Secure SHell
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| SSI Signal Strength Indicator
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| SSL Secure Socket Layer Provides authentification and data integrity between a browser and a web server
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| SSP Service Switching Point
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| SSP Storage Service Provider An organisation which rents storage / disc space on demand
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| STB Set Top Box
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| STD System Target Decoder
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| STE Section Terminating Equipment
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| STL Studio to Transmitter Link
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| STM Synchronous Transport Module
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| STP Shielded Twisted Pair Communications wire / cable
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| STP Signalling Transfer Point
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| STS Synchronous Transport Signal
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| STU Set Top Unit
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| STV Subscription TeleVision
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| SU Subscriber Unit
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| SUT System Under Test
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| SVB Switched Video Broadcast
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| SVC Switched Virtual Circuit
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| SVG Scalable Vector Graphics
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| SVGA Super Video Graphics Array Like VGA but allows resolutions up to 1024 x 768
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| SW Software
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