| ACPI |
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
| ACT |
Appication Compatibility Toolkit |
| AJAX |
Asynchronous Javascript And Xml |
| APC |
Asynchronous Procedure Call |
| ASLR |
Address Space Layout Randomization |
| ASP |
Active Server Page |
| AVX |
Advanced Vector Extensions |
| BASIC |
Beginner All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| BBS |
Basci Boot Sector |
| BCD |
Boot Configuration Database |
| BFS |
Breath First Search |
| BSOD |
Blue Screen Of Death |
| C&C |
Command & Control |
| CA |
Certificate Authority |
| CAS |
Content Analysis System |
| CDO |
Control Device Object |
| CEF |
Chrome Embeded Framework |
| CFG |
Control Flow Guard |
| CHS |
Cylinder - Head - Sector |
| CIM |
Common Information Model |
| CLFS |
Common Log FileSystem (windows) |
| CLR |
Common Language Runtime |
| COFF |
Common Object File Format |
| COM |
Component Object Model |
| CPL |
Current Privilege Level (R0 or R3) |
| CSP |
Content Security Policy |
| CSR |
Certificate Signing Request |
| CSRF |
Cross Site Request Forgery |
| CSRSS |
Client/Server Runtime SubSystem |
| CSS |
Cascading Style Sheets |
| DAP |
Disk Addresss Packet |
| DCE |
Distributed Computing Environment |
| DCS |
Distributed Control System |
| DEP |
Data Execution Prevention |
| DFS |
Depth First Search |
| DGA |
Domain Generation Algorithm |
| DIN |
Cennectors from Deutsches Institut fur Normung |
| DMTF |
Distributed Management Task Force |
| DOM |
Document Object Model |
| DPC |
Deferred Procedure Call |
| DPMI |
Dos Protected Mode Interface |
| DTA |
Data Transfert Area |
| EEDK |
Endpoint Development Kit |
| EEPROM |
Electrically-Erasable Programable Read Only Memory |
| EFS |
Encrypted FileSystem |
| ELF |
Executable and Linking Format |
| ENS |
Endpoint Security |
| ETW |
Event Tracing for Windows |
| FAT |
File Allocation Table |
| FCB |
File Control Block |
| FMA |
Fused Multiply Add operation |
| FQDN |
Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| FSO |
FileSystem Object |
| FWP |
Frontpage Web Package |
| GC |
Garbage Collector |
| GDT |
Global Descriptor Table |
| GMP |
Gnu Multi-Precision (=Java BigInteger) |
| GPE |
General Purpose Event |
| GPT |
GUID Partition Table |
| GUID |
Globally Unique Identifiers |
| HAL |
Hardware Abstraction Layer |
| HIPS |
Host Intrusion Prevention System |
| IANA |
Internet Assigned Number Authority |
| IAT |
Import Address Table |
| IDS |
Intrusion Detection System |
| IDT |
Interrupt Descriptor Table |
| IE |
Internet Explorer |
| IFEO |
Image File Execution Option |
| IIS |
Internet Information Service |
| IM |
Instant Messaging |
| IPC |
InterProcess Communication |
| IPS |
Intrusion Prevention System |
| IRP |
I/I Request Packet |
| IRQ |
Interrupt ReQuest |
| IRQL |
Interrupt ReQuest Level |
| IS |
Internet Security |
| IVT |
Interrupt Vector Table |
| JSON |
JavaScript Object Notation |
| JWT |
Json Web Token |
| KPCR |
Kernel Processor Control Region |
| KPP |
Kernel Patch Protection |
| LBA |
Logical Block Address (vs CHS) |
| LBA |
Logical Block Addressing |
| LDR |
Loader |
| LDT |
Local Descriptor Table |
| LLC |
Logical Link Control |
| LLMNR |
Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution |
| LPE |
Local Privilege Escalation |
| LSASS |
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service |
| MBR |
Master Boot Record (vs PTR) |
| MBS |
Master Boot Sector |
| MCB |
Machine Control Block |
| MCE |
Machine Check Exceptions |
| MDA |
Mail Delivery Agent |
| MDI |
Multiple Document Interface |
| MDM |
Mobile Device Management |
| MFC |
Microsoft Foundation Class Library |
| MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
| MMX |
Matrix Math Extension |
| MMX |
MultiMedia Extension |
| MOF |
Managed Object Format |
| MSR |
Model Specific Register |
| MTA |
Mail Transfert Agent |
| NBT-NS |
NetBIOS Name Service |
| NDIS |
Network Driver Interface Specification |
| NIC |
Network Interface Card |
| NMI |
Non Maskable Interrupt |
| NNS |
Nearest Neighbor Search |
| NX |
No execute |
| OSINT |
Open Source INTelligence |
| OSTIF |
Open Source Technology Improvement Fund |
| OTFE |
On The Fly Encryption |
| OTP |
One Time Password |
| OWASP |
Open Web Application Security Project |
| PAE |
Page Address Extension |
| PDB |
Python DeBugger |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PE |
Portable Executable |
| PEB |
Process Environment Block |
| PIC |
Programmable Interrupt Controller |
| PII |
Personal Identification Information |
| PIM |
Personal Iterations Multiplier (VeraCrypt) |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| PNaCl |
Portable Native Client |
| POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface |
| POST |
Power On Self Test |
| PPI |
Programable Peripheral Interface |
| PS/2 |
IBM Personal System 2 |
| PTE |
Page Table Entry |
| PTR |
Partition Boot Record (vs MBR) |
| PUA |
Potencially Unwanted Application |
| QED |
Quot Erat Demostradum |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Independant Disks |
| RCE |
Remote Code Execution |
| ROP |
Returned Oriented Programming |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
| RSS |
Remote Storage Server |
| RTTI |
RunTime Type Information |
| SDL |
Simple DirectMedia Layer |
| SEE |
Simple Ecmascript Engine |
| SEH |
Structure Exception Handler |
| SIEM |
Security Information Management System |
| SIMD |
Single Instruction Multiple Data |
| SMAP |
Supervisor Mode Access Prevention |
| SMEP |
Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention |
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfert Protocol |
| SOM |
Self Organizing Map |
| SSE |
Streaming SIMD Extensions |
| SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
| SSOT |
Single Source Of Trust |
| TDH |
Trace Data Helper |
| TDI |
Trasnport Driver Interface |
| TEB |
Thread Environment Block |
| TIB |
Thread Information Block |
| TL;DR |
Too Long; Didn’t read |
| TLB |
Translation Lookaside Buffer |
| TLS |
Thread Local Storage |
| TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
| TMF |
Trace Message Format |
| TMH |
Trace Message Header |
| TMP |
Trusted Platform Module |
| TPM |
Trusted Platform Module |
| TRL |
Technology Readiness Level |
| TS |
Trusted Source |
| TSX |
Transactional Synchronization eXtension |
| UAC |
User Account Control |
| UCR |
Un-Commited Range |
| UDF |
Universal Disk Format (CD) |
| UDL |
Universal Data Link |
| UEFI |
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
| URI |
Uniform Ressource Identifier |
| URL |
Uniform Ressource Locator |
| URM |
Universal Register Machine |
| URN |
Uniform Ressource Name |
| VAD |
Virtual Address Descriptor |
| VBA |
Visual Basic for Application |
| VBE |
VBScript codé (non éditable) |
| VCL |
Virus Creation Laboratory |
| VDO |
Volume Device Object |
| VLAN |
Virtual Local Area Network |
| VTP |
VLAN Trunking Protocol |
| WER |
Windows Error Reporting |
| WFP |
Windows File Protection |
| WFP |
Windows Filtering Platform |
| WMI |
Windows Management Instrumentation |
| WPA |
Windows Performance Analyser |
| WPR |
Windows Performance Recorder |
| WPS |
Wifi Protected Setup : From 2006, for easy add device |
| WSC |
Windows Script Component |
| WSH |
Windows Scripting Host |
| WSS |
Web Service Security |
| WZC |
Wireless Zero Configuration |
| XD |
eXecute Disable |
| XOP |
eXtended OPeration |
| XSS |
Cross Site Scripting |