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EIDX Collection of Acronyms and Abbreviations

1-2-3 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
X.12 See ASC X12
X.25 (n.a.) protocol for 'packet-switched' telecommunications
X.400 (n.a.) protocol for electronic mail and EDI telecommunications
X.500 (n.a.) network directory service
X/OPEN (obs.) European UNIX standards organization, now The Open Group
X12 See ASC X12
X25 See X.25
X400 See X.400
XBD See eB-XBD
XBM X-Window BitMap
XBRL eXtensible Business Reporting Language, was XFRML
XDR eXternal Data Representation, networking standard for data handling
XEDI XML EDI
XENIX Microsoft UNIX
XEQ eXecutable EQuation
XEU Xerox Encryption Unit
XFP eXtra Fine Pitch
XFRML (obs.) Extensible Finance Reporting Markup Language, now XBRL
XHS eXcessive Head Space
XIWT Cross-Industry Working Team
XL eXceLâ„¢ - Microsoft Office product
XMI XML Metadata Interchange, XML
XML EXtensible Markup Language, subset of SGML, W3C owns syntax standards but not semantics, 500+ semantic standards exist to date.
XMOS High-speed MOS
XNI X.25 Network Interface, Purdue University
XOR eXclusive-OR
XQL XML Query Language
XS too much
XSD XML Schema Definition
XSI XML Schema Instance
XSL Extensible Style Language
XSLT XSL Transformation
xSP x Solution Provider
Y2K Year 2000
YTD Year to Date
ZAW Zero Administration Windows (Microsoft)
ZBA Zero Balance Account
ZBB Zero Based Budgeting
ZIF Zero Insertion Force (relates to test sockets and connectors)
ZIP Code Zone Identification Postal Code
ZOS Zone Of Separation
ZPG Zero Population Growth

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