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V&V
verification & validation

V-RATE
vendor rating and threat evaluation

V/R
very respectfully

VAAP
Vulnerability Analysis and Assistance Program

VACAB
Veteran Administration Contract Appeals Board

VADS
VERDIX Ada Development System

VAL
Validation

VAN
Value Added Network

VAR
Value Added Reseller

VAX
virtual address extension

VBNS
very high speed backgone

VBR
vector base register

VC
Virtual Circuit

VCC
VHSIC central computer

VCC
Virtual Channel Connection

VCC
Voice Control Circuit

VCN
Visual Communications Network

VCNO
Vice Chief of Naval Operations

VDD
Version Description Document

VDL
Vienna Definition Language

VDM
Vienna Development Method

VDP
Video Dissemination Project

VDSL
Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line

VDT
Video Display Terminal

VE
value engineering

VECPS
value engineering change proposal

VESA
Video Electronics Standards Association

VF
Voice Frequency

VGA
Video Graphics Adapter

VGA
Video Graphics Array

VHDL
VHSIC hardware description language

VHF
very high frequency

VHLL
Very High-Level Language

VHSIC
Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit

VIA
Virtual Interface Architecture

VINSON
Encrypted Ultra High Frequency Communications System

VITA
VMEbus International Trade Association

VIVID
Voice, Video and Data

VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network

VLB
VESA Local Bus

VLF
Very Low Frequency

VLM
Very Large Memory

VLSI
Very Large Scale Integration

VM
Virtual Machine

VM
Virtual Memory

VM
Voice Mail

VM
Voice Messaging

VME
VERSA Module Eurocard

VME
Versa-Module European

VMS
Virtual Memory System

VOR
VHF (very high frequency) omnidirectional ranging

VORTAC
VOR (VHF omnidirectional ranging) and TACAN (tactical air navigation) flight navigation technology

VOX
Voice Actuation

VP
Virtual Path

VPC
Virtual Path Connection

VPI
Virginia Polytechnic Institute

VPI
Virtual Path Identifier

VPN
Virtual Private Networking

VPS/MHI
Visitor Program Service of Meridian House International

VQL
Virtual Query Language

VR
Virtual Reality

VRAM
Video Random Access Memory

VRC
Vertical Redundancy Check

VRML
Virtual Reality Modeling Language

VRTX
versatile real-time executive

VS
Virtual Storage

VSAM
Virtual Sequential Access Method

VSAM
Virtual Storage Access Method

VSAT
Very Small Aperture Terminal

VSCS
Voice Switching and Control Systems

VSE
Virtual System Environment

VSF
virtual software factory

VT
Virtual Terminal

VT
Virtual Tributary

VTAM
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method

VTC
Video Teleconferencing

VTC
Virtual Training Center

VUPS
VAX Units of Performance

VVID
vehicle verification identification



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