Acronyms A+

ALTERNATING CURRENT

AC

ADVANCED CONFIGURATION and POWER INTERFACE

ACPI

ASYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE

ADSL

ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT

AGP

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

API

AUTOMATIC PRIVATE IP ADDRESSING

APIPA

ADVANCED POWER MANAGEMENT

APM

ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL

ARP

AUTOMATED SYSTEM RECOVERY

ASR

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT

ATA

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY EXTENDED

ATX

BLU RAY DISC READ

BD-R

BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM

BIOS

BAYONET NEIL CONCELMAN

BNC

BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

BSOD

BALANCED TECHNOLOGY EXTENDED

BTX

COMPLETELY AUTOMATED PUBLIC TURING TEST TO TELL COMPUTERS AND HUMANS APART

CAPTCHA

COMPACT DISC FILE SYSTEM

CDFS

COMPACT DISC READ ONLY

CD-ROM

COMPACT DISC READ WRITE

CD-RW

ACCESS CONTROL LIST

ACL

ACTIVITY

ACT

ACCESS POINT

AP

ADVANCED HOST CONTROLLER INTERFACE

AHCI

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT PACKET INTERFACE

ATAPI

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE

ATM

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

AUP

AUDIO VIDEO

A/V

COLD CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP

CCFL

COMPACT DISC

CD

CENTRAL COMMON FILE SYSTEM

CFS

COMMON INTERNET FILE SYSTEM

CIFS

COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

CMOS

COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING RISER

CNR

COMMUNICATIONS PORT X NUMBER

COMX

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT

CPU

CATHODE RAY TUBE

CRT

DISCRETIONARY ACCESS CONTROL

DAC

SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS D SHELL CONNECTOR 25 PINS

DB-25

9 PIN D SHELL CONNECTOR

DB-9

DIRECT CURRENT

DC

DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE

DDOS

DOUBLE DATA RATE

DDR

DOUBLE DATA RATE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

DDR RAM

DOUBLE DATA RATE SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

DDR SDRAM

DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM

DFS

DYNAMIC HOST CONTROL PROTOCOL

DHCP

DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE

DIMM

Deutsches Insitut Normung

DIN

DIGITAL LINEAR TAPE

DLT

DIGITAL LIGHT PROCESSING

DLP

DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS

DMA

DEMILITARIZED ZONE

DMZ

DOMAIN NAME SERVICE OR DOMAIN NAME SERVER

DNS

DENIAL OF SERVICE

DOS

DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

DRAM

DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

DRM

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE

DSL

DIGITAL VIDEO DISC OR DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC

DVD

DVD RECORDABLE

DVD-R

DVD REWRITEABLE

DVD-RW

DIGITAL VIDEO INTERFACE

DVI

ERROR CORRECTING CODE

ECC

ELECTRONICAL ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

EEPROM

ENCRYPTING FILE SYSTEM

EFS

ENHANCED INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS

EIDE

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFACE

EMI

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE

EMP

ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

EPROM

ENHANCED PARALLEL PORT

EPP

EMERGENCY REPAIR DISC

ERD

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE

ESD

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

EULA

EXTENDED VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY

EVGA

EVOLUTION DATA OPTIMIZED

EVDO

FILE ALLOCATION TABLE

FAT

FILE ALLOCATION TABLE 12 BIT

FAT12

FILE ALLOCATION TABLE 16 BIT

FAT16

FILE ALLOCATION TABLE 32 BIT

FAT32

FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

FDD

FUNCTION

FN

FAST PAGE MODE

FPM

FIELD REPLACEABLE UNIT

FRU

FRONT SIDE BUS

FSB

FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

FTP

FULLY QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME

FQDN

GIGABIT

Gb

GIGABYTE

GB

GRAPHICS DEVICE INTERFACE

GDI

GIGAHERTZ

GHZ

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

GUI

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

GPS

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

GSM

HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER

HAL

HARDWARE ASSISTED VIRTUALIZATION

HAV

HARDWARE CONTROL LIST

HCL

HARD DISk DRIVE

HDD

HIGH DEFINITION MEDIA INTERFACE

HDMI

HIGH PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM

HPFS

HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE

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