ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

A/D C

Analog To Digital Converter

ACR

Audio Communication Riser

AGP

Accelerated Graphic Port

AGP

Accelerated Graphic Processing

AMR

Audio & Modem Raiser ( Riser )

ASCII

American Standard Code Information Interchange

AT

Advanced Technology

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

B

Byte ( 8bit )

BASIC

Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BIOS

Basic Input-Output System

bit

0 , 1

bPS

Bit Per Second

BUAD

A unit for measuring speed in electronic transmission

C- RIMM

Continuity Rambus In-line Memory Module

CD-ROM

Compact Disk – Read Only Memory

CGA

Color Graphic Adapter ( IBM 1981 )

CMOS

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

CNR

Communication & Network Riser

CODEC

Compressor / Decompressor

COM

Communication

CPI

Character Per Inch

CPS

Character Per Second

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CTS

Clear To Send

D/A C

Digital To Analog Converter

DASD

Direct Access Storage Device

DB

Data Bus (DB-9Pins, DB-25Pins , 15 Pin )

DCD

Data Carrier Detect

DDR

Double Data Rate  ( DRAM DIMM 184Pin)

DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIMM

Dual In-Line Memory Modules ( DRAM 168Pin ,184 Pin )

DLC

Data Link Control

DLL

Data Link Library

DLT

Digital Linear Tape

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DMI

Desktop Management Interface

DMP

Dot Matrix Printer

DNC

Digital Name System

DOS

Disk Operating System

DPI

Dot Per Inch

DRAM

Dynamic Read Only Memory

DSP

Digital Signal Processor

DSR

Data Set Ready

DTR

Data Terminal Ready

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk or Digital Video Disk

ECC

Error Checking and Correcting

ECP

Enhanced Capabilities Port ( IEEE Standard 1284 )

EDO

Extended Data Out

EEDO

Enhanced Extended Data Out

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EGA

Enhanced color Graphic Adapter

E-IDE

Enhanced - Integrated Disk (Drive) Electronics

EISA

Extended Industry Standard Architectures

E-mail

Electronics mail

EMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility

EMI

Electromagnetic Interference

EMS

Expanded Memory Speciation

EPP

Enhanced Printer Port ( IEEE Standard 1284 )

EPROM

Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

ESCD

Extended System Configuration Data

ESD

Electro Static Discharge

ESDI

Enhanced Small Device Interface

FAT

File Allocation Table

FAX

Facsimile

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FD

Floppy Disk

FDC

Floppy Disk Controller

FDD

Floppy Disk Drive

FDDI

Fiber Distribution Data Interface

FDX

Full Duplex

FIFO

First In First Out

FPM

Fast Page Mode

FPU

Floating Point Unit

FSB

Front Side Bus

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GB

Giga Byte ( 1024 MB )

GND

Ground

GPF

General Protection Fault

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HDC

Hard Disk Controller

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

HDX

Half Duplex

HGC

Hercules Graphics Card ( 720X348 )

HLF

High Level Format

IBM

International Business Machine 

ICH

I / O Controller HUB

IDE

Integrated Disk ( Drive ) Electronics

IrDA

Infrared Data Association

IRQ

Interrupt Request

ISA

Industry Standard Architectures

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISP

Internet Service Provider

Kb

Kilo bit (1024bit)

KB

Kilo Byte ( 1024 Byte )

LAN

Local Area Network

LBA

Large Block Addressing ( Access )

LBP

Laser Beam Printer

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LIFO

Last In First Out

LLF

Low Level Format

LPI

Line Per Inch

LPT

Line Printer Port

LQ

Letter Quality

M.B

Mother Board

Mb

Mega bit ( 1024Kb )

MB

Mega Byte ( 1024KB )

MIDI

Musical Interface Digital Interface

MMX

Multimedia Extension

MODEM

Modulation /  Demodulation

MPI

Memory Protocol Translator

MTH

Memory Translator HUB

NIC

Network Interface Card

NT

New Technology

NTFS

New Technology Files System

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

PAC

PCI A.G.P. Controller

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PF

Power Factor  ( UPS )

PnP

Plug And Play

POST

Power On-Self Test ( BIOS System )

PROM

Programmable Read Only Memory

RAM

Random Access Memory

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

RGB

Red-Green-Blue ( Monitor )

RI

Ring ( modem )

RIMM

Ram bus In-Line Memory Module ( DIMM 184Pin )

ROM

Read Only Memory

RTS

Request To Send

RxD

Receive Data

SCI

Special Circumstance Instructions

SCSI

Small Computer System Interfaces

SDRAM

Synchronous Dynamic Read Only Memory

SECC

Single Edge Contact Cartage

SIMM

Single In-Line Memory Modules ( DRAM 30Pin , 72Pin )

SIPP

Single In-Line Pin Package

SMI

System Management Interrupt

SMMRT

SMP

Symmetric Muli Processing

SPK

Speaker

SPP

Standard Printer Port

SRAM

Static Read Only Memory

STR

Suspend To Ram   (  Power Management )

SVGA

Supper Video Graphic Adapter

TB

Tera Byte ( 1024 GB )

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol

TTL

Transistor Transistor Logic

TxD

Transmit Data

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

USB

Universal Serial Bus

VGA

Video Graphic Adapter ( Array )

VLB

VESA (Video Electronics Standard Association) Local Bus

XMS

Extended Memory Speciation

XT

Extended Technology

ZIF

Zero Insertion Force