VIA: Vendors Isdn Association
(Organizations)
VIA: Virtual Interface Architecture
(Network)
VIC: Very Inexpensive Computer
(Hardware)
VIC: Video Interface Chip
(Hardware)
VIC: Virtual Image Copy
(Databases)
VIC: Voice Interface Card
(Hardware) (Cisco)
VID: Visual InterDev
(Software) (Microsoft)
VIDC: VIDeo Controller
(Hardware)
VIE: Virtual Information Environment VIF: Virtual InterFace
VIF: Virtual Interrupt Flag VIM: Vendor-Independent Mail
Messaging protocol (Communication)
VIM: Video Interface Module VINES: VIrtual NEtworking System
(Network)
VIO: Video Input/Output VIO: Virtual Input/Output VIO: Voice Input/Output
VIP: Variable Information Processing VIP: Video Information Provider VIP: Video Interface Port
(Hardware)
VIP: Virtual Interrupt Pending VIP: Visual Interactive Parser ViP: VIsual Programming
(Lotus)
VIPER: Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability
VIRS: Vertical Interval Reference Signal VIRUS: Vital Information Resources Under Siege
VIS: Video Information System VIS: Viewable Image Size
(Hardware)
VIS: Visual Instruction Set VIS: Voice Information System VIS: Volumetric Imaging System
(Hardware)
VoFR VITC
VITC: Vertical Interval TimeCode VITS: Vertical Interval Test Signal VIVO: Video In/Video Out
Video card connector that captures and produces video signals (Hardware) (nVidia)
VJ++: Visual J++
Java development platform (Software) (Microsoft)
VKD: Virtual Keyboard Driver VLA: Variable Length Array
(Software)
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network
A networking architecture that allows end-systems on topologically disconnected subnetworks to appear to be connected on the same LAN. Predominately used in reference to ATM networking. Similar in functionality to bridging (Network)
VLB: Vesa Local Bus
Bus architecture (Hardware)
VL-BUS: Vesa Local BUS VLC: VideoLan Client
Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See also http://videolan.org/vlc/
VLC: Volume License Customer VLD: Variable Length Decoder VLE: Virtual Learning Environment
An environment in which learning (accredited or otherwise) can be achieved from remote locations
VLF: Very Low Frequency VLF: Virtual Log File
SQL Server transaction log logical segment (Databases) (Microsoft)
VLIW: Very Long Instruction Word VLK: Volume License Key
VLM: Very Large Memory
(Operating systems)
VLM: Virtual Loadable Module
(Operating systems)
VLR: Visitor Location Register
(Hardware)
VLSI: Very Large Scale of Integration
The process of placing more than 100,000 transistors on one chip (Hardware)
VLSIPS: Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis
VLSM: Variable Length Subnet Masking
(Network)
VLT: Variable List Table VLV: Virtual List View
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
VM: Virtual Machine
(Operating systems)
VM: Virtual Memory
VMA: Virtual Memory Address VMAC: Virtual Media Access Control
VMB: Value-Based Management VMB: Virtual Machine Boot VMBOX: Virtual MailBOX VME: Versa Module Eurocard VME: Virtual Machine Environment VME: Virtual Memory Environment VMEBus: Versatile Modular E-BUS
Bus architecture (Hardware)
VML: Vector Markup Language
XML application which defines a format for the encoding of vector information together with additional markup to describe how that information may be displayed and edited
VMM: Virtual Machine Manager
(Operating systems)
VMM: Virtual Memory Manager
VMOS: Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor
(Hardware)
VMOS: Virtual Multitasking Operating System
(Operating systems)
VMP: Virtual Modem Protocol VMS: Virtual Machine Storage VMS: Virtual Memory System
(Operating systems) (DEC)
VMS: Voice Message System VMT: Virtual Memory Technique
VMTP: Versatile Message Transaction Protocol
(Network)
VNA: Virtual Network Architecture VNC: Virtual Network Computing
A remote display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures (AT&T)
VNOS: Visual Network Operating System VNS: Virtual Network Service
VO: Value Object
(Software)
VO: Video Output
(Hardware)
VO: Virtual Office
VoATM: Voice Over Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Enables a router to carry voice traffic over an ATM network (Network)
VOB: Version Object Base VOC: VOiCe
File format for audio
VOD: Video On Demand VoD: Voice Over Data
VoDSL: Voice Over Digital Subscriber Line
(Communication)
VoFR: Voice Over Frame Relay
Enables a router to carry voice traffic over an Frame Relay network (Network)
VSB VoIP
VoIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol
A technology for transporting integrated digital voice, video, and data over IP networks (Network)
VOL: VOLume
VOLT: Visual Opentype Layout Tool
(Software) (Microsoft)
VOM: Volt Ohm Milliampere
(Hardware)
VOR: Visions Of Reality VOS: Virtual Object System
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
VOS: Voice Operating System VOX: Voice Operated eXchange
Voice operated transmission in radio telecommunication. When the device detects voice the transmission is connected (Communication)
VoxML: Voice Markup Language VP: Vice President
VP: Virtual Path
VPA: Volume Purchase Agreement VPBX: Virtual Private Branch eXchange
(Hardware)
VPD: Virtual Printer Device VPD: Vital Product Data
Information about a device that is stored on the device itself. Typical VPD information includes a product model number, a unique serial number, product release level, maintenance level, and other information specific to the device type
VPDN: Virtual Private Data Network VPDS: Virtual Private Data Service VPE: Video Port Extension
(Hardware)
VPE: Visual Programming Environment VPI: Virtual Path Indentifier
A value in the cell header that identifies the virtual path (VP) to which the cell belongs. The field is 8 bits in cells
traversing an UNI circuit and 12 bits in cells traversing network circuits (Communication)
VPIM: Voice Profile for Internet Messaging
Defines how voice messages can be encoded as SMTP/MIME messages for transport over Internet messaging networks (Communication)
VPL: Virtual Programming Language VPM: Video Port Manager
VPM: Virtual Parallel Machine
VPM: Vulnerability and Patch Management
(Operating systems) (HP)
VPN: Virtual Page Number VPN: Virtual Private Network
A network that functions as if it were private, though it exists on public wires. Data is protected through encryption and other security mechanisms (Network)
VPO: Virtual Protected Output VPS: Voice Processing System
VPSC: Vault, Process, Structure, Configuration
VPT: Virtual Print Technology VPT: Virtual Project Team VPU: Visual Processing Unit
Graphics coprocessor (Hardware)
VQ: Vector Quantization VQ: Video Quality
VQF: Vector Quantization Format
An audio codec similar to MP3 but less lossy and (arguably) more intelligent. See http://www.vqf.com (Software)
VQP: Vlan Query Protocol
(Network) (Cisco)
VR: Virtual Reality VR: Voltage Regulator
VRAM: Video Random Access Memory
A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) used in high-speed graphics frame buffers, providing separate buses for the CPU and the frame buffer logic (Hardware)
V-RATE: Vendor Risk Assessment and Threat