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 Signal
CAD Computer Aided Design
CDR Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CD - Compact Disk
CDR - Compact Disk Recorder
CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer
CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute
CGI 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 Memory
DIMM 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 Corporation
ECD 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 Protocol
FORTRAN 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 Organization
I-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 America
JDBC Java Database Connectivity
JDK Java Development Kit
K
Kbps - Kilobits Per Second
KBps - KiloBytes per second
KHz 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 Card
NTFS New Technology File System [Microsoft]
O
OC - Overclock (Over Clock)
OCZ - OCZ Technology
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS 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 Interface
SIMM 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 Name
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
U
UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB - Universal Serial Bus
UTP - Unshieled Twisted Pair
UV 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 Get
W3C 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