| CONS |
Connection-Oriented
Network Service |
| CONTONE |
Continuous
Tone |
| COPICS |
Communications
Oriented Production Information and Control System (IBM) |
| COR |
Common
Object Runtime |
| CORBA |
Common
Object Request Broker Architecture |
| CoREN |
Corporation
for Research and Enterprise Network |
| COS |
Compatible
Operating System |
| COSE |
Combined
Office Standard Environment/Common Open Software-Systems Environment
|
| COSMIC |
Computer
Software Management and Information Center [NASA] |
| COSMOS |
Computer
System for Mainframe Operations |
| COSS |
Common
Object Services Specification |
| COTS |
Commercial
Off-The-Shelf |
| CP |
Copy
Protected |
| CPA |
Certified
Public Accountant |
| CPC |
Constant
Point Calculation |
| CPCS |
Check
Processing Control System [IBM] |
| CPE |
Central
Processing Element/Customer Premises Equipment/Customer Provided
Equipment |
| .CPE |
Cover
Page (file name extension) |
| CPG |
Clock
Pulse Generator |
| CPI |
Characters
Per Inch/Clock Per Instruction/Common Programming Interface
(IBM) |
| .CPI |
Code
Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS] |
| CPI-C |
Common
Programming Interface for Communications (IBM) |
| CPIO |
Copy
In and Out (Unix) |
| CPL
|
Current
Privilege Level |
| .CPL |
Control
Panel (file name extension) |
| CPM |
Critical
Path Method |
| CP/M |
Control
Program for Microcomputers (Digital Research) |
| CPS |
Characters
Per Second/Cycles Per Second |
| CPT |
Command
Pass Through |
| CPU |
Central
Processing Unit |
| CPW |
Commercial
Processing Workload (IBM) |
| CR |
Carriage
Return |
| CRAM |
Cyberspatial
Reality Advancement Movement |
| CRAYON |
Create
Your Own Newspaper |
| CRC |
Cyclic
Redundancy Check |
| .CRD |
Cardfile
(file name extension)/Chord (music file name extension) |
| CREN |
Computer
Research Education Network/Corporation for Research and Education
Networking |
| CRF |
Cable
Retransmission Facility/Cross Reference File |
| CRI |
Color
Reproduction Indices |
|
CR/LF |
Carriage
Return/Line Feed |
| CROM
|
Control
Read Only Memory |
| CRT |
Cathode
Ray Tube |
| CRTC |
CRT
Controller |
| CRUD |
Create,
Retrieve, Update, Delete |
| CS |
Chip
Select/Clear to Send/Code Segment |
| C/S |
Client/Server |
| CSA |
Calendaring
and Scheduling API (IBM) |
| CSAR |
Channel
System Address Register |
| CSCW |
Computer
Supported Cooperative Work |
|
CSD |
CCircuit-Switched
Data/Computer Services Department/Corrective Service Diskette
(IBM) |
| CSDS |
Circuit
Switched Data Service |
| CSE |
Certified
System Engineer |
| CSFI |
Communication
Subsystem For Interconnection |
| CSG |
Constructive
Solid Geometry/Consulting Services Group (Lotus) |
| CSI |
Command
Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated |
| CSID |
Call
Subscriber ID |
| CSL |
Computer
Sensitive Language |
| CSLIP |
Compressed
Serial Line Interface Protocol (Internet) |
| CSM |
Code
Set Map (file)/Communications Services Manager |
| CSMA/CA |
Carrier
Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance |
| CSMA/CD |
Carrier
Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection |
| CSMS |
Customer
Support Management System |
| CSN |
Card-Select
Number |
| CSNET |
Computer
Science Network |
| CSO |
Central
Services Organization |
| CSP |
Certified
Systems Professional/Commercial Subroutine Package/CompuCom
Speed Protocol (CompuCom)/Communicating Sequential Processes/Cross
System Product (IBM) |
| CSPDN |
Circuit
Switched Public Data Network |
| CSS |
Continuous
System Simulator (Language) |
| CSS |
Cascading
Style Sheets (Microsoft)Contact Start-Stop |
| CSSM |
Client-Server
Systems Management (IBM) |
| CS/SS |
Card
Service/Socket Service |
|
CSTA |
Computer-Supported
Telephony Applications |
| CSU |
Channel
Service/Switching Unit |
| CSV |
Circuit-Switched
Voice/Comma-Separated Value-Variable/Common Services Verbs (interface)
[Microsoft] |
| CT |
Chips
and Technologies |
| CTB |
Cipher
Type Byte |
| CTC |
Channel
To Channel |
| CTCP |
Client-To-Client
Protocol |
| CTI |
Computer-Telephony
Integration |
|
CTOS |
Computerized
Tomography Operating System/Convergent Technologies Operating
System |