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Acronyms are horrible things - they tend to create a layer of obfuscation that confuses new users, allows knowledge and understanding to diverge from reality as original meanings get lost and forgotten, and can be used by some to imply some kind of knowledge superiority over their peers.  Unfortunate they are rife in IT (!), and systems and techniques are often given unnecessarily long or complex names in order to create a ''good'' acronym...
Acronyms are horrible things - they tend to create a layer of obfuscation that confuses new users, allow knowledge and understanding to diverge from reality (as original meanings get lost and forgotten), and can be used by some to imply some kind of knowledge superiority over their peers.  Unfortunately they are rife in [[#I|IT]] (!), and systems and techniques are often given unnecessarily long or complex names in order to create a ''good'' acronym...
 
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* '''CIM''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Information_Model_%28computing%29 Common Information Model]
* '''CIM''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Information_Model_%28computing%29 Common Information Model]
* '''CMDB''' - Configuration Management Database
* '''CMDB''' - Configuration Management Database
* '''CPU''' - [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit Central Processing Unit]], the main number cruncher of a computer or device
* '''CPU''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit Central Processing Unit], the main number cruncher of a computer or device
* '''CRAC''' - Computer Room Air-Conditioning
* '''CRAC''' - Computer Room Air-Conditioning
* '''CRC''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check Cyclic Redundancy Check], allows for error detection (without recovery)
* '''CRC''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check Cyclic Redundancy Check], allows for error detection (without recovery)
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* '''IMAP''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol Internet Message Access Protocol], mailbox access protocol
* '''IMAP''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol Internet Message Access Protocol], mailbox access protocol
* '''IP''' - Internet Protocol
* '''IP''' - Internet Protocol
* '''IT''' - Information Technology
* '''IPMI''' - Intelligent Platform Management Interface, open standard for managing hardware platforms
* '''IPMI''' - Intelligent Platform Management Interface, open standard for managing hardware platforms
* '''IRQ''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt_request Interrupt ReQuest]
* '''IRQ''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt_request Interrupt ReQuest]
* '''iSCSI''' - IP Small Computer Serial Interface, [[Acronyms#S|SCSI]] over IP
* '''iSCSI''' - IP Small Computer Serial Interface, [[Acronyms#S|SCSI]] over IP
* '''ISEB''' - Information Systems Examinations Board
* '''ISEB''' - Information Systems Examinations Board
* '''ITIL''' - IT Infrastructure Library
* '''ITIL''' - [[#I|IT]] Infrastructure Library


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* '''RAID''' - Redundant Array of Inexpensive (!?) Disks
* '''RAM''' - Random Access Memory - read/write memory
* '''RAM''' - Random Access Memory - read/write memory
* '''RDP''' - Remote Desktop Protocol
* '''RDP''' - Remote Desktop Protocol
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* '''ZCA''' - Appliance version of a [[#Z|ZCS]]
* '''ZCA''' - Appliance version of a [[#Z|ZCS]]
* '''ZCS''' - [[:Category:Zimbra|Zimbra]] Collaboration Suite
* '''ZCS''' - [[:Category:Zimbra|Zimbra]] Collaboration Suite
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