| DMCA | Digital Millennium Copyright Act |
| ER | Employee Relations |
| HEOA | Higher Education Opportunity Act |
| MPAA | Motion Picture Association of America |
| OIT | Office of Information Technology |
| OSC | Office of Student Conduct |
| P2P | Peer-to-Peer file-sharing |
| ResNet | NC State’s residential computer network for on-campus housing |
| RIAA | Recording Industry Association of America |