AAC

Advanced Audio Coding

AC

Alternating Current

AC'97

Audio Codec '97

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

ACR

Advanced Communications Riser

ADPCM

Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

AFS

Andrew File System

AGP

Accelerated Graphics Port

AI

Artificial Intelligence

ALU

Arithmetic-Logic Unit

AM

Amplitude Modulated

AMD

Advance Micro Devices, Inc.

AMI

American Megatrends Inc.

AMR

Audio Modem Riser

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APIC

Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

APIPA

Automatic Private IP Addressing

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

AT Attachment

ATAPI

ATA Packet Interface

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATX

AT eXtended

BBS

Bulletin Board System

BCD

Binary Coded Decimal

BGA

Ball Grid Array

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

BIOS

Basic Input / Output System

BMB

Baseboard Management Bus

BNC

Bayonet Nut Connector

BPS/bps

Bytes/bits Per Second

BSC

Binary Synchronous Communications

BSD

Berkeley Standard Distribution

BTU

British Thermal Units

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CAM

Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAS

Column Access Strobe

CAV

Constant Angular Velocity

CCD

Charge Coupled Device

CDROM

Compact Disk Read Only Memory

CGA

Color Graphics Adapter

CHS

Cylinder-Head-Sector

CISC

Complex Instruction-Set Computer

CLV

Constant Linear Velocity

CMOS

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

CNR

Communication and Networking Riser

CP/M

Control Program / Monitor

CPI

Clocks Per Instruction

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRC

Cyclical Redundancy Check

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CS

Cable Select

CSS

Content Scrambling System

DAT

Digital Audio Tape

DBMS

DataBase Management System

DC

Direct Current

DD

Double Density

DDO

Dynamic Drive Overlay

DDR

Double Data Rate

DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DIMM

Dual Inline Memory Module

DIP

Dual-In-line Package

DLL

Dynamic Link Library

DLP

Digital Light Processing

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DMD

Digital Micromirror Device

DMI

Desktop Management Interface

DNS

Domain Name Server

DOS

Disk Operating System

DP

Dual Processor

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory

DSP

Digital Signal Processor

DSW

DIP Switches

DTS

Digital Theatre System

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk

ECC

Error Check and Correction

ECP

Extended Capability Port

ECP

Enhanced Communication Port

EDO

Extended Data Out

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter

EIA

Electronic Industries Association

EIDE

Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics

EISA

Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture

EMF

Electro-Magnetic Force

EMI

Electro-Magnetic Interference

EOF

End Of File

EOL

End Of Line

EOS

Electrical Over Stress

EPP

Enhanced Parallel Port

EPP

Enhanced Parallel Port

EPROM

Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

ESCD

Extended System Configuration Data

ESD

Electro-Static Discharge

ESDI

Enhanced Small Devices Interface

FAT

File Allocation Table

FC-PGA

Flip Chip Pin Grid Array

FDD

Floppy Disk Drive

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDM

Frequency Division Multiplexing

FDX

Full-Duplex Transmission

FIFO

First-In First-Out

FILO

First-In Last-Out

FM

Frequency Modulation

FPM

Fast Page Mode

FPU

Floating Point Unit

FSB

Front Side Bus

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FWH

FirmWare Hub

GART

Graphics Address Remapping Table

GAS

Gallium Arsenide

GDI

Graphical Display Interface

GFLOPS

Billions of FLOating Point Operations Per Second (GigaFlops)

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

HDX

Half-Duplex Transmission

HID

Human Interface Devices

HomePNA

Home Phone-line Networking Alliance

HomeRF

Home Radio Frequency

HP

Hewlett Packard

HPFS

High Performance File System

HRTF

Head-Related Transfer Functions

HT

Hyperthreading Technology

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

I/O

Input / Output

I2C

Intelligent Controller

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation

IC

Integrated Circuit

IC

Integrated Circuit

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IMP

Interface Message Processor

IP

Internet Protocol

IPX

Inter network Packet eXchange

IrDA

Infrared Data Association

IRQ

Interupt ReQuest

ISA

Industry Standard Architecture

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO

International Standards Organisation

LAN

Local Area Network

LBA

Logical Block Addressing

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LPC

Low Pin Count

LPT Port

Line PrinTer Port

LUN

Logical Unit Number

MAC

Media Access Control

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

MAU

Multiple Access Unit

MB/Mb

Mega Bytes/bits

MBR

Master Boot Record

MCGA

Multi-Colour Graphics Array

MCH

Memory Controller Hub

MCM

Multi-Chip Module

MFLOPS

Millions of FLOating Point Operations per Second (MegaFlops)

MHz

MegaHertz

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIPS

Millions of Instructions per Second

MISD

Multiple-Instruction Single Data

MMU

Memory Management Unit

MMX

MultiMedia eXtension

MNP

Microcom Network Protocol

MODEM

MOdulator / DEModulator

MOPS

Millions of Operations Per Second

MOS

Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

MP

Multi-Processor

MS

Microsoft Corporation

MSDOS

Microsoft's Disk Operating System

MTH

Memory Translator Hub

NIC

Network Interface Card

NMOS

Negatively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

NSF

National Science Foundation

NTFS

New Technology FAT System

NTSC

National Television System Committee

NVRAM

NonVolatile Random Access Memory

O/C

Overclock

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OS

Operating System

OSPM

OS direct Power Management

PAC

PCI AGP Controller

PAL

Phase Alternation Line

PBX

Private Branch eXtender

PC

Personal Computer

PCB

Printed Circuit Board

PCI Bus

Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus

PCL

Printer Control Language

PCM

Pulse Code Modulation

PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PGA

Pin Grid Array

PIC

Programmable Interrupt Controller

PIO

Programmable I/O

PLCC

Plastic Leadless Chip Carriers

PnP

Plug and Play

POST

Power On Self Test

PROM

Programmable Read Only Memory

PSIPC

PCI Super I/O Integrated Peripheral Controller

PSU

Power Supply Unit

RAID

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

RAM

Random Access Memory

RAMDAC

RAM Digital-to-Analog Convertor

RAS

Row Access Strobe

RDRAM

Rambus DRAM

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

RIMM

Rambus Inline Memory Module

RISC

Reduced Instruction-Set Computer

RMS

Root Mean Squared

RMW

Read Modify Write

ROM

Read Only Memory

RPM

Revolutions per Minute

SACD

Super Audio CD

SBA

SideBand Addressing

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface

SDRAM

Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SEC

Single Edge Contact

SFF

Small Form Factor

SGRAM

Synchronous Graphics RAM

SIMD

Single-Instruction Multiple-Data

SIMM

Single Inline Memory Module

SIPP

Single Inline Pinned Package

SISD

Single-Instruction Single-Data

SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol

SMP

Symmetric MultiProcessor

SMT

Symmetric Multi-Threading

SNR

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

SOIC

Small Outline Integrated Circuit

SPD

Serial Presence Detect

SPOOL

Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line

SPU

Single Processor Unit

SSE

Streaming SIMD Extensions

STN

Super-Twisted Nematics

STP

Shielded Twisted-Pair

SVGA

Super Video Graphics Array

T&L

Transform & Lighting

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

TFT

Thin Film Transistor

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

UC

Uncacheable

UPS

Uninteruptible Power Supply

USB

Universal Serial Bus

USL

UNIX System Labs

USWC

Uncacheable, Speculative Write Combining

UTP

Unshielded Twisted-Pair

VCD

Video CD

VCR

Video Cassette Recorder

VESA

Video Enhanced Standards Association

VGA

Video Graphics Array

VM

Virtual Memory

VRAM

Video Random Access Memory

VTR

Video Tape Recorder

WAN

Wide Area Network

WAN

Wide Area Network

WD

Western Digital

WLAN

Wireless LAN

WOL

Wake-up On LAN

XGA

eXtended Graphics Array

XMS

Extended Memory Specification

XOR

Exclusive-OR