ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port ALI – Acer Labs, Incorporated ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit AMD – Advanced Micro Devices APC – American Power Conversion ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASIC – Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASPI – Advanced SCSI Programming Interface AT – Advanced Technology ATM – Automatic Teller Machine
ATI – ATI Technologies Inc. ATX – Advanced Technology Extended
— B — BFG – BFG Technologies BIOS – Basic Input Output System BNC – Barrel Nut Connector
— C — CAS – Column Address Signal CD – Compact Disk CDR – Compact Disk Recorder CDRW – Compact Disk Re-Writer CD-ROM – Compact Disk – Read Only Memory CFM – Cubic Feet per Minute (ft�/min) CMOS – Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CPU – Central Processing Unit CTX – CTX Technology Corporation (Commited to Excellence)
— D —
DDR – Double Data Rate DDR-SDRAM – Double Data Rate – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory DFI – DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation) DIMM – Dual Inline Memory Module DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory DPI – Dots Per Inch DSL – See ASDL DVD – Digital Versatile Disc DVD-RAM – Digital Versatile Disk – Random Access Memory
— E — ECC – Error Correction Code ECS – Elitegroup Computer Systems EDO – Extended Data Out EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EVGA – EVGA Corporation
— F — FC-PGA – Flip Chip Pin Grid Array FDC – Floppy Disk Controller FDD – Floppy Disk Drive FPS – Frame Per Second FPU – Floating Point Unit FSAA – Full Screen Anti-Aliasing FS – For Sale FSB – Front Side Bus
— G — GB – Gigabytes GBps – Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second GDI – Graphical Device Interface GHz – GigaHertz
— H — HDD – Hard Disk Drive HIS – Hightech Information System Limited HP – Hewlett-Packard Development Company HSF – Heatsink-Fan
— I — IBM – International Business Machines Corporation IC – Integrated Circuit IDE – Integrated Drive Electronics IFS- Item for Sale IRQ – Interrupt Request ISA – Industry Standard Architecture ISO – International Standards Organization
— J — JBL – JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers JVC – JVC Company of America
– K — Kbps – Kilobits Per Second KBps – KiloBytes per second
— L — LG – LG Electronics LAN – Local Area Network LCD – Liquid Crystal Display LDT – Lightning Data Transport LED – Light Emitting Diode
— M — MAC – Media Access Control MB � MotherBoard or Megabyte MBps – Megabytes Per Second Mbps – Megabits Per Second or Megabits Per Second MHz – MegaHertz MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second MMX – Multi-Media Extensions MSI – Micro Star International
— N — NAS – Network Attached Storage NAT – Network Address Translation NEC – NEC Corporation NIC – Network Interface Card
— O — OC – Overclock (Over Clock) OCZ – OCZ Technology OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
— P — PC – Personal Computer PCB – Printed Circuit Board PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect PDA – Personal Digital Assistant PCMCIA – Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture PGA – Professional Graphics Array PLD – Programmable Logic Device PM – Private Message / Private Messaging PnP – Plug ‘n Play PNY – PNY Technology POST – Power On Self Test PPPoA – Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM PPPoE – Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet PQI – PQI Corporation PSU – Power Supply Unit
— R — RAID – Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RAM – Random Access Memory RAMDAC – Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor RDRAM – Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory ROM – Read Only Memory RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
— S — SASID – Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display SCA – SCSI Configured Automatically SCSI – Small Computer System Interface SDRAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SECC – Single Edge Contact Connector SODIMM – Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module SPARC – Scalable Processor ArChitecture SOHO – Small Office Home Office SRAM – Static Random Access Memory SSE – Streaming SIMD Extensions SVGA – Super Video Graphics Array S/PDIF – Sony/Philips Digital Interface
— T — TB – Terabytes TBps – Terabytes per second Tbps – Terabits per second TDK – TDK Electronics TEC – Thermoelectric Cooler TPC – TipidPC TWAIN – Technology Without An Important Name
— U — UART – Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter USB – Universal Serial Bus UTP – Unshieled Twisted Pair
— V — VCD – Video CD VPN – Virtual Private Network VGA – Video Graphics Adapter
— W — WAN – Wide Area Network WTB – Want to Buy WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get WWW – World Wide Web
— X —
XGA – Extended Graphics Array
XFX – XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS – Extended Memory Specification
XT – Extended Technology
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