1.
IAAS - Infrastructure as a Service
2. PAAS - Platform as a Service
3. SAAS - Software as a Service
4. CAAS - Containers as a Service
5. IDAAS - Identity as a Service
6. STAAS - Storage as a Service
7. FAAS - Function as a Service
8. SOA - Service Oriented Architecture
9. NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
10.LAN - Local Area Network
11.MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
12.WAN - Wide Area Network
13.PAN - Personal Area Network
14.PAYG - Pay As You Go
15.IP - Internal Parameterize
16.IO - Internal Open
17.EP - ExteEO - External Open
18.EULA - End User License Agreement
19.SLA - Service Level Agreement
20.ISV - Independent Software Vendor
21.WSDL - Web Service Description Language
22.TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
23.OSI - Open Systems Interconnection
24.SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
25.HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
26.OVF - Open Virtualization Format
27.DMTF - Distributed Management Task Force
28.FTP - File Transfer Protocol
29.XML - Extensible Markup Language
30.UDP - User Datagram Protocol
31.SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
32.SNTP - Simple Network Time Protocol
33.RPC - Remote Procedure Call
34.DCOM - Distributed Common Object Model
35.CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
36.EO - External Open
37.REST - Representational State Transfer
38.SIP - Session Initiated Protocol
39.SIMPLE - Session Initiated Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging
Extension
40.XMPP - Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
41.VOIP - Voice over Internet Protocol
42.TPM - Transaction Per Minute
43.RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
44.OMA - Open Mashup Alliance
45.EMML - Enterprise Mashup Markup Language
46.DSL - Domain Specific Language
47.SLA - Service Level Agreement
48.LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, Programming Language
49.EHA - Ethernet Hardware Address
50.MAC - Media Access Control
51.REST - Representational State Transfer
52.RAM - Random Access Memory
53.ROM - Read-Only Memory
54.SPML - Simple Provisioning Markup Language
55.PAP - Password Authentication Protocol
56.XACML - Extensible Access Control Markup Language
57.SAML - Security Assertion Markup Language
58.PEP - Policy Enforcement Point
59.PDP - Policy Decision Point
60.PAP - Policy Administration Point
61.P2V - Physical to Virtual
62.V2V - Virtual to Virtual
63.V2P - Virtual to Physical
64.P2P - Physical to Physical
65.D2C - DataCenter to Cloud
66.C2C - Cloud to Cloud
67.C2D - Cloud to DataCenter
68.D2D - DataCenter to DataCenter
69.RA - Request Authority
70.PSP - Provisioning Service Point
71.VMM - Virtual Machine Monitor
72.DNS - Domain Name System
73.API - Application Programming Interface
74.VMFS - Virtual Machine File System
75.DRS – Distributed Resource Schedule
76.DDS – Dynamic Distributed Switch
77.PVM – Parallel Virtual Machine
78.VPS – Virtual Private Server
79.OSV – Operating System Virtualization
80.WPAR – Workload Partition
81.VNICs – Virtual Network Interfaces
82.vLance – Virtual Lance
83.LBA – Logical Block Address
84.SAMP – Strategic Asset Management Plan
85.WAMP – Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
86.ISP – Internet Service Provider
87.IDE – Integrated Development Environment
88.CMS – Content Management System
89.MBC – Model Base Controller
90.JSP – Java Server Pages
91.POJO – Plain Old Java Object
92.SSO – Single Sign-On
93.CCK – Content Construction Kit
94.LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
95.WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get
96.FCAPS – Fault Configuration Accounting Provisioning Security
97.CMDB – Configuration Management Database
98.WMI – Windows Management Instrumentation
99.OVF – Open Virtualization Format
100. DMTF – Distributed Management Task Force
101. VMAN – Virtualization Management Initiative
102. OCSI – Open Cloud Standards Incubator
103. SMI – Service Measurement Index
104. NPM – Network Performance Matrix
105. CMMI – Capability Maturity Model Integration
106. HIPPA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
107. GLBA – Gramm Leach Bliley Act
108. SOX – Sarbanes Oxley Act
109. DSS – Decision Support System
110. SMI – Service Measurement Index
111. EB – Exabytes
112. ZB – Zetta Bytes
113. MB – Mega Bytes
114. YB – Yotta Bytes
115. PB – Peta Bytes
116. GB – Giga Bytes
117. SNIA – Storage Networking Industry Association
118. OCF – Open Cloud Foundation
119. OCCI – Open Cloud Computing Interface
120. CDMI – Cloud Data Management Interface
121. SAN – Storage Area Network
122. SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
123. SATA – Serial Advance Technology Attachment
124. CIFS – Common Interface File Sharing System
125. AFS – Apple File Sharing System
126. S3 – Amazon Simple Storage System
127. SMB – Small and Medium Business
128. SOHO – Small Office Home Office
129. NAS – Network Attached Storage
130. UPnP – Universal Plug and Play
131. CDMI – Cloud Data Management Interface
132. SNIA – Storage Network Industry Association
133. OCCI – Open Cloud Computing Interface
134. ROA – Resource Oriented Architecture
135. APP – Atom Publishing Protocol