Hz . . . . . . . .

Hertz

IDE . . . . . . .

Integrated drive electronics

in . . . . . . . . .

Inches

I/O . . . . . . . .

Input/output

IrDA . . . . . .

Infrared Data Association

IRQ . . . . . . .

Interrupt request line

ISA . . . . . . .

Industry Standard Architecture

KB . . . . . . . .

Kilobytes

kg . . . . . . . . .

Kilograms

LAN . . . . . . .

Local-area network

lb . . . . . . . . .

Pounds

LBA . . . . . . .

Logical block addressing

LCD . . . . . . .

Liquid-crystal display

m . . . . . . . . .

Meters

mA . . . . . . . .

Milliampere

mAhr . . . . . .

Milliampere hour

MB. . . . . . . .

Megabyte

mm. . . . . . . millimeter

MPEG . . . . .

Motion Picture Experts Group

MPU . . . . . .

Microprocessor unit

ms . . . . . . . .

Millisecond

PDF . . . . . . .

Portable document format

PC . . . . . . . .

Personal computer

PCI . . . . . . .

Peripheral component interconnect

PCMCIA. . .

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

POST. . . . . .

Power-on self-test

PNP . . . . . . .

Plug and play

PS/2 . . . . . . .

Personal System/2

RAM . . . . . .

Random-access memory

ROM . . . . . .

Read-only memory

SVGA . . . . .

Super video graphics array

S-VHS . . . . .

Super VHS

TFT . . . . . . .

Thin-film transistor

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