--- A --- ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACR - Advanced Communications Riser ADC - Analog to Digital Converter ADPCM - Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port ALI - Acer Labs, Incorporated ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit AM - Active Matrix AMD - Advanced Micro Devices AMR - Audio Modem Riser ANSI - American National Standards Institute APM - Advanced Power Management ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface AT - Advanced Technology ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment ATAPI - AT Attachment Packet Interface ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATX - Advanced Technology Extended --- B --- BGA - Ball Grid Array BIOS - Basic Input Output System BIT - Binary Digit BNC - Barrel Nut Connector BNC - Berkeley Nuclear Connector BNC - British Naval Connector BSRAM - Burst Static Random Access Memory --- C --- CAS - Column Address Signal CAV - Constant Angular Velocity CD - Compact Disk CDR - Compact Disk Recorder CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer CDTV - Commodore Dynamic Total Vision CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute (ft³/min) CGA - Color Graphics Adapter CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computer CLV - Constant Linear Velocity CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMYK - Cyan Magenta Yellow Black COAST - Cache On A Stick CNR - Communication Network Riser CPRM - Copyright Protection for Recordable Media CPU - Central Processing Unit CSU/DSU - Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check CRIMM - Continuity Rambus Inline Memory Module CRT - Cathode Ray Tube --- D --- DAC - Digital-to-Analog Converter DACS - Digital Access and Cross-connect System DAE - Digital Audio Extraction DDC - Display Data Channel DDR - Double Data Rate DDR-SDRAM - Double Data Rate - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module DIP - Dual Inline Pin DMA - Direct Memory Access DOCSIS - Data Over Cable Systems Interface Specifications DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory DPI - Dots Per Inch DS/DD - Double Sided, Double Density DS/HD - Double Sided, High Density DSL - Digital Subscriber Line DSP - Digital Signal Processing DSTN - Dual Supertwisted Nematic DUN - Dial Up Networking DVD - Digital Versatile Disc DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory --- E --- EBps - Exabytes per second Ebps - Exabits per second ECC - Error Correction Code ECP - Enhanced Capability Port EDO - Extended Data Out EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EGA - Enhanced Graphics Adapter EGA - Enhanced Graphics Array EIDE - Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EIAJ - Electronics Industry Association of Japan EISA - Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture EMI - Electro-Magnetic Interference EMS - Expanded Memory Specification ESDRAM - Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic DRAM EPIC - Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing EPP - Enhanced Parallel Port ESD- Electro-Static Discharge EWSD - Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital --- F --- FC-PGA - Flip Chip Pin Grid Array FDC - Floppy Disk Controller FDD - Floppy Disk Drive FDDI - Fiber Distributed Data Interconnect FeRAM - Ferroelectric Random Access Memory FIFO - First In First Out FLOPS - Floating Point Operations per Second FMD - Flourescent Multi-layer Disk FMD-ROM - Flourescent Multi-layer Disk - Read Only Memory FPGA - Field-Programmable Gate Array FPM - Fast Page Mode FPS - Frame Per Second FPU - Floating Point Unit FSAA - Full Screen Anti-Aliasing FSB - Front Side Bus FXSR - Fast Save and Restore --- G --- GART - Graphics Address Remapping Table GB - Gigabytes GBps - Gigabytes per second Gbps - Gigabits per second GDI - Graphical Device Interface GFD - Gold Finger Device GHz - GigaHertz GPA - Graphics Performance Accelerator GPU - Graphics Processing Unit GSR - Gigabit Switched Router GTS - GigaTexel Shader --- H --- HCI - Human-Computer Interaction/Interface HDD - Hard Disk Drive HIPPI - High Performance Parallel Interface HPA - High Performance Addressing HSF - Heat Sink and Fan HSR - Hidden Surface Removal HardOCP - Hard Overclocker Comparison Page --- I --- IBM - International Business Machines Corporation IC - Integrated Circuit ICH - I/O Controller Hub IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics IDSL - ISDN Digital Subscriber Line IEEE - Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers IFTTC - Integrated Fiber To The Curb IFITL - Integrated Fiber In The Loop IHA - Intel Hub Architecture I/O - Input/Output IR - Infra Red IRQ - Interrupt Request ISA - Industry Standard Architecture ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network ISO - International Standards Organization --- J --- JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks --- K --- Kbps - Kilobits Per Second KBps - KiloBytes per second KNI - Katmai New Instructions KVM - Keyboard Video Mouse --- L --- LASER - Light Amplified by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation LBA - Logical Block Addressing LCD - Liquid Crystal Display LDT - Lightning Data Transport LED - Light Emitting Diode LIF - Low Insertion Force LIFO - Last In First Out LMA - Lightspeed Memory Architecture LPT - Line Print Terminal LUN - Logical Unit Number LVD - Low-Voltage Differential --- M --- MAC - Media Access Control MB - MotherBoard MB - Megabyte MBps - Megabytes Per Second Mbps - Megabits Per Second MC - Micro-Channel MCA - Micro Channel Architecture MCE Machine Check Exception MCGA - Multi-Color Graphic Array MDRAM - Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory MEMS - Micro-Electromechanical Systems MFLOPS - Millions of FLoating point Operations Per Second MFM - Modified Frequency Modulation MHz - MegaHertz MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second MMX - Multi-Media Extensions Modem - Modulate/Demodulate MTRR - Memory Type Range Registers --- N --- NAS - Network Attached Storage NAT - Network Address Translation NFG - Not Functioning Good NIC - Network Interface Card --- O --- OC - Overclock (Over Clock) OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer OTFT - Organic Thin-Film Transistor --- P --- PA-RISC - Precision Archetecture Reduced Instruction Set Computing PAL - Phase Alternation Line PAN - Personal Area Network PAT - Port Address Translation Pb - Peta byte PBC - Pipelined Burst Cache PC - Personal Computer PCB - Printed Circuit Board PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect PCM - Pulse Code Modulation PCMCIA - Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PGA - Professional Graphics Array PIO - Programmable Input/Output PIXEL - Picture Element PLD - Programmable Logic Device PnP - Plug n Play POST - Power On Self Test POTS - Plain Old Telephone System PPGA - Plastic Pin Grid Array PPP - Point to Point Protocol PPPoA - Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet PRAM - Parameter Random Access Memory PROM - Programmable Read-Only Memory PSU - Power Supply Unit PWM - Pulse Width Modulation --- Q --- QDR - Quadruple Data Rate --- R --- RADSL - Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RAID - Redundant Array of Independant Disks RAM - Random Access Memory RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor RAS - Row Address Strobe RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory RGB - Red Green Blue RIMM - Rambus Inline Memory Module RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computing RLL - Run Length Limited ROM - Read Only Memory RPM - Revolutions Per Minute --- S --- SAN - Storage Area Network SASID - Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display SCA - SCSI Configured Automatically SCSI - Small Computer System Interface SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDSL - Synchronus Digital Subscriber Line SECC - Single Edge Contact Connector SEP - Single Edge Processor SEPP - Single Edge Processor Package SGI - Silicon Graphics Incorporated SGRAM - Synchronous Graphics RAM SIMD - Single Instruction-Stream, Multiple Data-Stream SIMM - Single Inline Memory Module SLI - Scan Line Interleave SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol SMDS - Switched Multimegabit Data Service SMP - Symmetric MultiProcessing SNR - Signal to Noise Ratio 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 STN - Supertwisted Nematic STP - Shieled Twisted Pair SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interface --- T --- TB - Terabytes TBps - Terabytes per second Tbps - Terabits per second TEC - Thermoelectric Cooler TFT - Thin Film Transistor THz - TeraHertz TIM - Thermal Interface Material TNT - TwiN Texel TOPS - Theoretical Operations Per Second TSOP - Thin Small Outline Package TTL - Transistor Transistor Logic TWAIN - Technology Without An Important Name --- U --- UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter UDMA - Ultra Direct Memory Access UMA - Unified Memory Architechture UPS - Uninteruptible Power Supply USB - Universal Serial Bus UTP - Unshieled Twisted Pair --- V --- VCD - Video CD VCM - Virutal Channel Memory VCRAM - Virtual Channel Read Access Memory VDSL - Very High Data Digital Subscriber Line VESA - Video Electronics Standards Association VFD - Vacuum-Flourescent Displays VGA - Video Graphics Array VIVO - Video In, Video Out VLB - VESA Local Bus VPN - Virtual Private Network VRAM - Video Random Access Memory --- W --- WORM - Write-Once Read-Many WRAM - Window Random Access Memory WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get --- X --- XGA - Extended Graphics Array XMS - Extended Memory Specification XT - Extended Technology --- Y --- --- Z --- ZIF - Zero Insertion Force ZV - Zoomed Video dugo utak ko d2 what the heck!!! ..
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:18:48 +0000