CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) Acronym List

AAA

Authentication, Authorization, and

Accounting

AC

alternating current

ACL

Access Control List

ADF

Automatic Document Feeder

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

AP

Access Point

APFS

Apple File System

APIPA

Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

APK

Android Package

ARM

Advance RISC [Reduce Instruction Set Computer] Machine

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATX

Advanced Technology Extended

AUP

Acceptable Use Policy

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

BSOD

Blue Screen of Death

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

CAPTCHA

Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart.

CD

Compact Disc

CDFS

compact disc file system

CDMA

Code-Devision Multiple Access

CERT

Competer Emergency Response Team

CIFS

Common Internet File System

CMD

Command Prompt

CMOS

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRL

Certificate Revocation List

DC

Direct Current

DDoS

Distributed Denial of Service

DDR

Double Data Rate

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIMM

Dual Inline Memory Module

DKIM

DomainKeys Identified Mail

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DMARC

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Comformation

DNS

Domain Name System

DoS

Denial of Service

DRAM

Dynamic Random-Access Memory

DRM

Digital Rights Management

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DVI

Digital Visual Interface

DVI-D

Digital Visual Interface-Digital

ECC

Error Correcting Code

EFS

Encrypting File System

EMI

Electromagnetic Interference

EOL

End of Life

eSATA

External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

EULA

End User License Agreement

exFAT

Extensible File Allocation Table

ext

Extended File System

FAT

File Allocation Table

FAT12

12-bit file allocation table

FAT16

16-bit file allocation table

FAT32

32-bit file allocation table

FSB

Front Side Bus

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GFS

Grandfather-father-son

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPT

GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) Partition Table

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

GUI

Graphical User Interface