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
AT – Advanced Technology
ATI – ATI Technologies Inc.
ATX – Advanced Technology Extended
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
ARQ: Automatic Repeat Request
AT & T - American Telegraphic & Telephone Co.,Ltd
B
BFG – BFG Technologies
BIOS – Basic Input Output System
BNC – Barrel Nut Connector
BBS: Bulletin Board Software
BSD: Berkeley Software Distribution
BPO - Business Process Outsourcing
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)
CGI: Comman Gateway Interface
c.v - Curriculum Vitae
CAT - Career Aptitude Test
CBI - Central Bureau Of Investigation
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
CNN - Cable News Network
CUDA - Compute Unified Device Architecture
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
DES: Data Encryption Standard
DNS: Domain Name Service
DVS - Desktop Video-Conferencing Software
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
EB - ExaByte
E-MAIL - Electronic Mailing
ECG - Electro Cardio Gram
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
FAQ: Frequently asked questions
FTP: File Transfer Protocol (now often seen in lower case as ftp)
FLAG - Fibre optic Link Around the Globe
FM - Frequency Modulation
G
GB – Gigabytes
GBps – Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second
GDI – Graphical Device Interface
GHz – GigaHertz
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNU: GNU is Not Unix (recursive)
GUI: Graphical Users Interface
GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GRE - Graduate Record Examination
GMAT - Graduate Management Aptitude Test
H
HDD – Hard Disk Drive
HIS – Hightech Information System Limited
HP – Hewlett-Packard Development Company
HSF – Heatsink-Fan
HTML: HyperText Markup Language
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
HB - Hard Black (pencil)
HDML - Hyper Devices Markup Language
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
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
ISP: Internet Service Provider
IO: Input Output As in file IO
IAS - Indian Administrative Service
IGNOU - Indira Gandhi National Open University
IP - Internet Protocal
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
ITI - Indian Telephone Industry
ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation
ISI - Indian Statistical Institute
J
JBL – JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers
JVC – JVC Company of America
K
Kbps – Kilobits Per Second
KPO - Knowledge Process Outsourcing
L
LG – LG Electronics
LAN – Local Area Network
LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
LDT – Lightning Data Transport
LED – Light Emitting Diode
LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
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
MDA: Mail Delivery Agent
MIME: Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
MOSFET: Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MUD: Multiple User Dungeon an interactive multiuser game
MICR - Magnitude Ink Character Recognition
N
NAS – Network Attached Storage
NAT – Network Address Translation
NEC – NEC Corporation
NIC – Network Interface Card
NTP: Network Time Protocol
NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol
NASSCOM - National Association of Software & Service Companies
NASDAQ - National Association of Security Dealers Automated Quotation
NASA - National Aeronautics & Space Administration
O
OC – Overclock (Over Clock)
OCZ – OCZ Technology
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
OSF: Open Software Foundation
OSCAR - Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amature Radio
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
PERL: Pratical Extraction & Reporting Language or Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol
PINE: Pine Is Not Elm
PB : PetaByte
PIN - Postal Index Number
PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
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
RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RFC: Request For Comments
RTF: Rich Text Format
R&D - Research & Development
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
SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language
SWISH: Simple Web Indexing System for Humans
SSL : Secure Socket Layer
SSD : Solid State Drive
SIM - Subscriber Information Module
SLV - Satellite Lauch Vehicle
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
TCP/IP: Transmissions Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TIA: The Internet Adaptor
TTY: Tele-TYpe
U
UART – Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB – Universal Serial Bus
UTP – Unshieled Twisted Pair
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
UDP - User Datagram Protocol
UPSC - Union Public Service Commission
V
VCD – Video CD
VPN – Virtual Private Network
VAT - Value Added Tax
VIRUS - Vital Important Resources Under Siege
W
WTB – Want to Buy
WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get
WAIS: Wide Area Information Server
WWW or 3W: World Wide Web
WAN - Wide Area Network (2) World Association of Newspaper
X
XGA – Extended Graphics Array
XFX – XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS – Extended Memory Specification
XT – Extended Technology
Y
YB- YottaByte
Z
ZB-ZettaByte
ZIP - Zone Improvement Plan
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