Abbreviation

 

or Acronym

Description

 

 

lpi

lines per inch

m

meter(s)

mA

milliampere(s)

mAh

milliampere-hour(s)

MB

megabyte(s)

MBR

master boot record

MDA

monochrome display adapter

MGA

monochrome graphics adapter

MHz

megahertz

mmmillimeter(s)

msmillisecond(s)

MS-DOS

Microsoft Disk Operating System

MTBF

mean time between failures

mV

millivolt(s)

NIC

network interface controller

NiCad

nickel cadmium

NiMH

nickel-metal hydride

NMI

nonmaskable interrupt

ns

nanosecond(s)

NTFS

NT File System

NVRAM

nonvolatile random-access mem-

 

ory

OS/2

Operating System/2

OTP

one-time programmable

PAL

programmable array logic

PCI

Peripheral Component Inter-

 

connect

 

 

Abbreviation

 

or Acronym

Description

 

 

PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card

 

International Association

PGA

pin grid array

POST

power-on self-test

ppm

pages per minute

PQFP

plastic quad flat pack

PS/2

Personal System/2

PVC

polyvinyl chloride

QIC

quarter-inch cartridge

RAM

random-access memory

RAMDAC

random-access memory digital-to-

 

analog converter

REN

ringer equivalence number

RFI

radio frequency interference

RGB

red/green/blue

ROM

read-only memory

rpm

revolutions per minute

RTC

real-time clock

SCSI

small computer system interface

sec

second(s)

SIMM

single in-line memory module

SMB

server management bus

SNMP

simple network management

 

protocol

SRAM

static random-access memory

SVGA

super video graphics array

TFT

thin film transistor

 

 

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