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

TFT . . . . . . .

Thin-film transistor

USB . . . . . . .

Universal serial bus

V. . . . . . . . . Volt

VAC . . . . . . Voltage alternating current VCC . . . . . . Voltage collector current VDC . . . . . . Voltage direct current whr . . . . . . . Watt hour

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