Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACPI | Advanced | Configuration | and | LVD | Low Voltage Differential | |||
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AGP | Accelerated Graphic Port |
| Mbps | Megabits per second |
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APM | Advanced Power Management | MHZ | Megahertz |
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ATA | AT Attachment |
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| MIDI | Musical | Instrument | Digital | |
ATAPI | ATA Packet Interface |
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BIOS | Basic I/O System |
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| MPEG | Moving Picture Expert Group | |||
CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| NIDS | Network | Driver | Interface | ||
DDC | Display Data Channel |
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DDC2B | DDC Standard, Version 2.0, Level | NMI | Nonmaskable Interrupt |
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| NTSC | National | Television | System |
DMA | Direct Memory Access |
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DSTN | Double Supertwisted Nematic | OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer | |||||
ECC | Error Correction Code |
| PAL | Phase Alternation Line |
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ECP | Enhanced Capabilities Port |
| PCI | Peripheral | Component | |||
FAT | File Allocation Table |
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FDC | Floppy Disk Drive Controller |
| PCMCIA | Personal | Computer | Memory | ||
FDD | Floppy Disk Drive |
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FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface | PIC | Programmable | Interrupt | ||||
FIFO | First In First Out |
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FM | Frequency Modulation |
| PIO | Programmed I/O |
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fps | frames per second |
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GSM | Global | System | for | Mobile | RAM | Random Access Memory | ||
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| RAMDAC | RAM | |||
HDC | Hard Disk Drive controller |
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HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
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| SECAM | SEquential Coleur A Memoire | |||
IDE | Integrated Device Electronics | SCSI | Small | Computer | System | |||
IEEE | Institute | for | Electrical | and |
| Interface |
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| Electronics Engineers, Inc. |
| SMBus | System Management Bus | ||||
I/O | Input/Output |
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| TCP/IP | Transmission Control |
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IP | Internet Protocol |
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IRQ | Interrupt Request |
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| UART | Universal | Asynchronous | ||
ISA | Industry Standard Architecture |
| Receiver/Transmitter |
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KB | Kilobyte |
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| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
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Kbps | Kilobits per Second |
| V | Volts |
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KHz | Kilohertz |
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| VESA | Video Electronics | Standards | |
LAN | Local Area Network |
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LBA | Logical Block Addressing |
| VGA | Video Graphics Array |
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LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
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LPT | Line Printer |
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