Acronyms and Abbreviations
A | Ampere | LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
APM | Advanced Power Management | LPT | Line Printer |
ATA | AT Attachment | LVD | Low Voltage Differential |
ATAPI | ATA Packet Interface | MB | Megabyte |
BIOS | Basic I/O System | Mbps | Megabits per second |
DMA | Direct Memory Access | MHZ | Megahertz |
DOC | Disk On Chip | NIDS | Network Driver Interface Specification |
DOM | Disk On Module | NTSC | National Television System Committee |
ECC | Error Correction Code | OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
ECP | Enhanced Capabilities Port | PAL | Phase Alternation Line |
FDC | Floppy Disk Drive Controller | PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
FDD | Floppy Disk Drive | PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card |
HDC | Hard Disk Drive controller |
| International Association |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive | PIC | Programmable Interrupt Controller |
IDE | Integrated Device Electronics | PIO | Programmed I/O |
IEEE | Institute for Electrical and Electronics | POST | |
| Engineers, Inc. | RAM | Random Access Memory |
I/O | Input/Output | RAMDAC | RAM |
IP | Internet Protocol | SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
IRQ | Interrupt Request | SMBus | System Management Bus |
ISA | Industry Standard Architecture | TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet |
KB | Kilobyte |
| Protocol |
Kbps | Kilobits per Second | USB | Universal Serial Bus |
KHz | Kilohertz | V | Volt |
LAN | Local Area Network | W | Watt |
LBA | Logical Block Addressing | WAN | Wide Area Network |