Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbreviation

 

or Acronym

Description

 

 

A

ampere(s)

AC

alternating current

ADC

analog-to-digital converter

ADI

Autodesk Device Interface

AI

artificial intelligence

ANSI

American National Standards

 

Institute

ASCII

American Standard Code for Infor-

 

mation Interchange

ASIC

application-specific integrated cir-

 

cuit

BASIC

Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic

 

Instruction Code

BIOS

basic input/output system

bpi

bits per inch

bps

bits per second

BTU

British thermal unit

BZT

Bundesamt fur Zulassungen in

 

der Telekommunikation

C

Celsius

CCFT

cold cathode fluorescent tube

CD

compact disc

CD-ROM

compact disc read-only memory

 

 

Abbreviation

 

or Acronym

Description

 

 

CGA

color graphics adapter

cm

centimeter(s)

CMOS

complementary metal-oxide semi-

 

conductor

C.O.D.

collect on delivery

cpi

characters per inch

cpl

characters per line

CPU

central processing unit

DAC

digital-to-analog converter

DASH

Dell Advanced SCSI Host

DAT

digital audio tape

dB

decibel(s)

dBA

adjusted decibel(s)

DC

direct current

DIN

Deutsche Industrie Norm

DIP

dual in-line package

DMA

direct memory access

DOC

Department of Communications

 

(in Canada)

dpi

dots per inch

DRAM

dynamic random-access memory

 

 

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