| ACL | Access Control List |
| AIS | Automated Information System |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| EDL | Event Description Language |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| IDL | Interface Definition Language |
| ISO | International Standards Organisation |
| IT | Information Technology |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| MIB | Management Information Base |
| MO | Managed Object |
| MP | Metapolicy |
| NIS | Network Information Service |
| NoCS | Nomadic Computer System |
| OMG | Object Management Group |
| OMT | Object Modelling Technique |
| ORB | Object Request Broker |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
| PDL | Policy Description Language |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| RFC | Request for Comment |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| SSO | System Security Officer |
| UI | User Interface |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| WWW | World Wide Web |