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
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
--- W ---
WAN - Wide Area
Network
WTB - Want to Buy
WYSIWYG - What
You See Is What You Get
--- X ---
XGA - Extended
Graphics Array
XFX - XFX
Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS - Extended
Memory Specification
XT - Extended
Technology
