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| NVRAM | Nonvolatile RAM, RAM that ret ains its contents when a unit is turned off. | |
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| ODD | Optical Disk Drive. | |
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| OS | Operating System. | |
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| Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. An industry trade |
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| PCMCIA | association that creates standards for notebook computer peripheral devices | |
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| PVDT | Private DataTAC, a registered trademark of Motorola Inc. | |
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| Random Access Memory, a type of computer data storage. It today takes the |
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| RAM | form of integrated circuits that allow the stored data to be accessed in any | |
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| RF | Radio Frequency, The part of the general frequency spectrum between the | |
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| RoHS | Restriction of Hazardous Substance, an EU initiative to reduce and recycle | |
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| Sony/Philips Digital Interface: It is a standard (developed by Sony and Philips) |
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| S/PDIF | for the digital transfer of audio data. Transferring audio data between two | |
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| Specific Absorption Rate, a measure of the rate at which radio frequency (RF) |
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| SAR | energy is absorbed by the body when exposed to | |
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| SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or serial ATA. | |
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| SSID | Service set identifier, a code or name attached to a wireless | |
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| TFT | Thin Film Transistor, a technology for producing thin touch screen displays. | |
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| TPM | Trusted Platform Module. | |
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| Universal Serial Bus, An external bus connection that supports a maximum |
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| USB | bandwidth of 12 Mbps and is widely used to connect peripheral devices | |
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| VCR | Video Cassette Recorder. | |
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| VGA | Video Graphics Array. | |
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| WEEE | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: A safety directive. | |
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| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network. | |
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| WWAN | Wireless Wide Area Network. | |
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| WEGA | Wide Extended Graphics Array. | |
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