It's amazing that my first Acronym's text file went over so well! So, here's the second and much larger companion to it...Acro 2. Yeah, I know 2 days is a long, long wait for a file. If I keep this up, I will probably have more numbers than I know what to do with. Anyways, my list of numbers keeps growing and circulation for these text files is ever- increasing! Of course, I could always use more numbers and more people to help me spread this rather small series. Hey, what's 2 or 4k for some of you runners? Anways, I don't mind the file going around, as I don't feel there's anything illegal about telling What certain letters stand for what! If I'm wrong, someone tell me...By the Way, if I leave your group out or just haven't put it in yet. Send me e-mail as to EXACTLY how you would like it to appear. I don't do ads..so, no full screen ANSI/ASCII folks. But I would like contributions to the series. Such as my group is "Lame0 Cracker's of America" and we go by LCA! That's about all I need. Don't really need a history or anything..just what ya stand for. So, here's your chance to get your group famous! You know me..you know where to find me! Acronyms! ~~~~~~~~~ ACD - Automatic Call Distributor AIOD - Automatic Identification of Outward Dialing AIS - Automatic Intercept System APT - American Phone Terrorists ARS - Automatic Route Selection ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange ATB - All Trunks Busy AVD - Alternate Voice Data BB - Bad Brains BBS - Bulletin Board System BHC - Busy Hour Calls BIOS - Basic Input/Output System BORSCHT {circuit} - Battery, Overvoltage, Ringing, Supervision, Hybrid, & testing BPS - Bits Per Second CAMA - Centralized Automatic Message Accounting CCIS - Common Channel Interoffice Signalling CCITT - International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative CCSA - Common Central Switching Arrangement cDc - Cult of the Dead Cow CDO - Community Dial Office CGA - Color Graphics Adapter CN/A - Customer Name & Address COAM - Customer Owned and Maintained COS - Class Of Service CPH - Cost Per Hour CPS - Characters Per Second CPU - Central Processing Unit CRT - Cathode Ray Tube CU - Control Unit db - Decibel DCTS - Dimension Custom Telephone Service DID - Direct Inward Dialing DM - Delta Modulation DTG - Direct Trunk Group DTMF - Dual Tone Multi-Frequency EGA - Enhanced Graphics Adapter EOTT - End of Toll Trunking ES - Elektr0Shok ESB - Emergency Service Bureau ESS - Electronic Switching System ETS - Electronic Translation System FTG - Final Trunk Group GS - Games Society HALE - Hacker's Against Law Enforcement HUTG - High Usage Trunk Group IBM - International Business Machines ISDN - Intergrated Services Digital Network LAN - Local Area Network LoD/H - Legion of Doom/Hackers LoL - Legion of Lucifer MCGA - Multi-Color Graphics Array MDA - Monochrome Display Adapter MF - MultiFrequency MoD - Master's of Disaster {original's} MoD - Master's of Destruction NAC - New Age Crackers NPA - Number Planning Area NUA - Network User Address NUAA - Network User Address Attacker NPA - Northern Phreaker's Alliance NYC - New York Crackers ONI - Operator Number Identification PCP - PC Pursuit PCR - Personal Computer Rats PCR - Post Call Ratio PE - Public Enemy P/H/A - Phreaker's/Hacker's/Anarchist's PI - Pirate Inc POOR - Protector's Of Our Rights PRE - Prefix PTC - Part Time Crackers RGB - Red Green Blue ROTL - Remote Office Test Line RTA - Remote Trunk Arrangement SE - Society Elite SID - Satanic Incarnate of Doom SSAN - Social Security Account Number SSS - Strowger Switching System SUFF - Suffix SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array sysadmin - System Administrator SxS - Strowger Switch TCS - The Criminal Syndicate THG - The Humble Guys TSAN - The Sysop's Area Network TSAN - Tri-State Area {SysOp's} Network TSPS - Traffic Sercie Position System UPI - United Phreaker's INC VGA - Video Graphics Array VMS - Virtual Memory System VR - Virtual Reality WES - WEstern Electronics Switching Welp, so much for another issue of Acronyms! I'm sure I will have a ton more for you next time. The file looks like it's gonna get bigger each and every time I put one out. After I have done every acronym I can think of I MAY put out a complete guide to acronyms with the entire list in one file. This is a slight chance right now, as I have too much backed up on other fronts. Well, as usual, I have my Howdy's! Hey goes out to all the royal 513/606 home front! Especially to Insanus Maximus, Lestat, and Akira to name a few. On the Long distance side, hey to my friends in 415, 416, 818, 904, and especially those in 619! {Yeah, I get around!} On the Looong, long far off front, I want to say hi to all the cool folks I found in 011+81+1, and those in 001+46+8. You'll be hearing from me soon! Now for a new section! The Booos! Boos go out to Pirate Inc for Copying the name of Pirate Mag and Phrack INC at the same time. 9600 lamer boards that lock out 2400 callers just cuz they are slower! {I don't care HOW much you paid for your stupid modem! I've seen 2400 baud callers post more and that have more files than you can wet-dream about!} People that crash the Net! And last but not least..those rotten Narc's {not the group!} that tell fed's about everyone and anyone! May you all rot in hell! Stay free and keep reading the files! Max Headroom {513}