Some important Computer Acronyms

 

A

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
ASP – Active Server Pages
AT - Advanced Technology
ATI - ATI Technologies Inc.
ATX - Advanced Technology Extended

B

BASIC  - Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BFG - BFG Technologies
BIOS - Basic Input Output System
BNC - Barrel Nut Connector
BCC:      Blind Carbon Copy
BCD       Binary Coded Decimal
BCPL      Basic Computer Programming Language
BIT       Binary Digit

C

CAS - Column Address SignalCAD       Computer Aided Design
CDR       Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording
CDMA      Code Division Multiple AccessCD - Compact Disk
CDR - Compact Disk Recorder
CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer
CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CFM - Cubic Feet per MinuteCGI       Common Gateway Interface + Computer Generated Images +
               Computer Graphics Interface

CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CTX - CTX Technology Corporation (Commited to Excellence)COM1      (Communication) First serial Port (asynchronous port)
COM2      Second serial Port
COM3      Third serial Port
COM4      Fourth serial Port
CPI       Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction
              Common Programming Interface [IBM]
CUI       Character-Oriented User Interface

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 MemoryDIMM      Dual-Inline Memory Module

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 CorporationECD       Enhanced Color Display
EMS       Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service +
ENIAC   * Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and
                  Computer (First fully electronic digital computer)

                 

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
FTP – File Transfer ProtocolFORTRAN   Formula Translator (Programming Language)

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
HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

 

 I

IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
IC - Integrated Circuit
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
IFS- Item for SaleIIS -
IRQ - Interrupt Request
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
ISO - International Standards OrganizationI-WAY     Information Highway
ISP       Internet Service Provider [Internet]
IP  - Internet Protocol
ISDN      Integrated Services Digital Network

J

JBL - JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers
JVC - JVC Company of AmericaJDBC      Java Database Connectivity
JDK       Java Development Kit

K

Kbps - Kilobits Per Second
KBps - KiloBytes per secondKHz       Kilohertz
KPI       Kernal Programming Interface

 L

LG - LG Electronics
LAN - Local Are 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 CardNTFS      New Technology File System [Microsoft]

 O

OC - Overclock (Over Clock)
OCZ - OCZ Technology
OEM - Original Equipment ManufacturerOS        Operating System
ORACLE    On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (UNIX DB program)
OOPS      Object Oriented Programming and Systems

 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 InterfaceSIMM      Single In-line Memory Module

T

TB - Terabytes
TBps - Terabytes per second
Tbps - Terabits per second
TDK - TDK Electronics
TEC - Thermoelectric Cooler
TPC - TipidPC
TWAIN - Technology Without An Important NameTDMA      Time Division Multiple Access

 U

UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB - Universal Serial Bus
UTP - Unshieled Twisted PairUV        Ultraviolet
UNIX      (AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)

 V

VCD - Video CD
VPN - Virtual Private Network

Y

YAHOO     Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [Internet]

W

WAN - Wide Area Network
WTB - Want to Buy
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You GetW3C       World Wide Web Consortium
WAIS      Wide Area Information Server
WINSOCK   Windows Open Systems Architecture [Microsoft] +  Windows Sockets
WWW       World-Wide Web [Internet]

X

XGA - Extended Graphics Array
XFX - XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS - Extended Memory Specification
XT - Extended Technology

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