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VAN

Value Added Network

 

VANC

Voice Actuated Network Control

 

VAPN

Virtual Access to Private Networks

 

VAR

Value Added Reseller

A reseller of OEM products who adds value to the sale or service

 

VB

Visual Basic

Software to allow customisation and control of many applications

 

VBI

        Vertical Blanking Interval

 

VBR

        Variable Bit Rate

 

VBV

        Video Buffering Verifier

 

VC

        Virtual Circuit

 

VC

Virtual Channel

 

VC

Video Conferencing

 

VCA

Voltage Controlled Amplifier

 

VCI

Virtual Channel Identifier

 

VCL

Virtual Channel Link

 

VCN

Virtual Channel Number

 

VCR

Video Cassette Recorder

 

VCS

Video Conferencing System

 

VCT

Virtual Channel Table

 

VCXO

Voltage Controlled CRYstal Oscillator

 

VDM

Virtual Device Metafile

 

VDSL

Very high date rate Digital Subscriber Line

 

VDT

Video Display Terminal

 

VDU

Visual Display Unit

 

VESA

Video Electronic Standards Association

Sets standards for local buses

 

VF

Voice Frequency

 

VFAT

Virtual File Allocation Table

Similar to FAT, but supports longer filenames as used in Windows 95 and above

 

VGA

Video Graphics Array

Standard 480 x 640

 

VGI

Video Graphics Interface

 

VHF

Very High Frequency

 

VHS

Video Home System

 

VIC

Voice Interface Card

 

VIRS

Vertical Interval Reference Signal

 

VISP

Virtual Internet Service Provider

 

VITS

Vertical Interval Test Signal

 

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

 

VLB

VESA Local Bus

As per VESA, a local bus standard to provide fast connect between local bus devices and processor

 

VLCF

Variable Length Convergence Function

 

VLM

Virtual Loadable Memory

 

VLSI

Very Large Scale Integration

 

VM

Virtual Machine

 

VME

Virtual Machine Environment

ICL

 

VMS

Virtual Machine Storage

DEC

 

VNP

Virtual Network Perimeter

A network that appears to be a single protected network behind firewalls, which actually encompass encrypted virtual links over untrusted networks

 

VOD

Video On Demand

 

VoFR

Voice Over Frame Relay

 

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol

 

VOP

        Velocity Of Propagation

 

VP

        Virtual Path

 

VPC

        Virtual Path Connection

 

VPCI

        Virtual Path Connection Identifier

 

VPI

        Virtual Path Identifier

 

VPIM

        Voice Protocol for Internet Messages

        Embeds voice mail within email

 

VPL

Virtual Path Link

 

VPN

Virtual Private Network

A private network within a public network

 

VPT

Virtual Path Terminator

 

VR

Virtual Reality

The simulation of real objects in a digital format. Computer generated

 

VRAM

Video Random Access Memory

As per RAM but specifically utilised in the graphics hardware

 

VRML

Virtual Reality Markup Language

A standard coding language for three dimensional applications of the World Wide Web

 

VRU

        Voice Response Unit

 

VSAM

        Virtual Storage Access Method

 

VSAT

Very Small Aperture Terminal

 

VSB

Vestigial SideBand

 

VSP

Voice Solution Provider

 

VSWR

        Voltage Standing Wave Ratio

 

VT

        Video Tape

 

VT

        Virtual Tributary

 

VTAM

        Virtual Telecommunications Access Method

 

VTN

        Virtual Telephony Network

 

VTR

        Video Tape Recorder

 

VTSP

Voice Telephony Service Provider

 

VU

        Volume Unit