Transcript Towards Perfection DAKSH ACADEMY Do You Know… Some of the common computing or computer technology related abbreviations and their full-forms : - common computing full-forms A ADSL.

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DAKSH ACADEMY
Do You Know…
Some of the common computing or computer technology related
abbreviations and their full-forms : -
common computing full-forms
A
ADSL –
AGP –
ALI –
ALU –
AMD –
APC –
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Accelerated Graphics Port
Acer Labs, Incorporated
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Advanced Micro Devices
American Power Conversion
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A
ASIC –
ASPI –
AT –
ATI –
ATX –
ASCII –
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
Advanced Technology
ATI Technologies Inc.
Advanced Technology Extended
American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
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B
BFG – BFG Technologies
BIOS – Basic Input Output System
BNC – Barrel Nut Connector
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C
CAS –
CD –
CDR –
CDRW –
Column Address Signal
Compact Disk
Compact Disk Recorder
Compact Disk Re-Writer
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C
CD-ROM – Compact Disk – Read Only Memory
CFM – Cubic Feet per Minute (ft�/min)
CMOS – Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
CPU – Central Processing Unit
CTX – CTX Technology Corporation (Commited
to Excellence)
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D
DDR – Double Data Rate
DDR-SDRAM – Double Data Rate Synchronous
Dynamic Random Access Memory
DFI –
DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation)
DIMM – Dual Inline Memory Module
DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
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D
DPI –
Dots Per Inch
DSL – See ASDL
DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-RAM – Digital Versatile Disk – Random
Access Memory
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E
ECC – Error Correction Code
ECS – Elitegroup Computer Systems
EDO – Extended Data Out
EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read-Only Memory
EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read-Only
Memory
EVGA – EVGA Corporation
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F
FC-PGA – Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
FDC – Floppy Disk Controller
FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
FPS – Frame Per Second
FPU –
Floating Point Unit
FSAA – Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
FS –
For Sale
FSB – Front Side Bus
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G
GB – Gigabytes
GBps – Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per
second
GDI – Graphical Device Interface
GHz – GigaHertz
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H
HDD –
HIS –
HP –
HSF –
Hard Disk Drive
Hightech Information System Limited
Hewlett-Packard Development
Company
Heatsink-Fan
IBM –
IC –
IDE –
IFSIRQ –
ISA –
ISO –
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I
International Business Machines
Corporation
Integrated Circuit
Integrated Drive Electronics
Item for Sale
Interrupt Request
Industry Standard Architecture
International Standards Organization
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J
JBL –
JVC –
JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers
JVC Company of America
K
Kbps –
KBps –
Kilobits Per Second
KiloBytes per second
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L
LG – LG Electronics
LAN – Local Area Network
LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
LDT – Lightning Data Transport
LED – Light Emitting Diode
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M
MAC –
MB �
MBps –
Mbps –
Media Access Control
MotherBoard or Megabyte
Megabytes Per Second
Megabits Per Second or Megabits Per
Second
MHz – MegaHertz
MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second
MMX – Multi-Media Extensions
MSI – Micro Star International
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N
NAS – Network Attached Storage
NAT – Network Address Translation
NEC – NEC Corporation
NIC – Network Interface Card
O
OC – Overclock (Over Clock)
OCZ – OCZ Technology
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
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P
PC – Personal Computer
PCB – Printed Circuit Board
PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDA – Personal Digital Assistant
PCMCIA – Peripheral Component
Microchannel Interconnect Architecture
PGA – Professional Graphics Array
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P
PLD – Programmable Logic Device
PM – Private Message / Private Messaging
PnP – Plug ‘n Play
PNY – PNY Technology
POST – Power On Self Test
PPPoA – Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
PPPoE – Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PQI – PQI Corporation
PSU – Power Supply Unit
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R
RAID – Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM – Random Access Memory
RAMDAC – Random Access Memory Digital
Analog Convertor
RDRAM – Rambus Dynamic Random Access
Memory
ROM – Read Only Memory
RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
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S
SASID – Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon
Integrated Display
SCA – SCSI Configured Automatically
SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory
SECC – Single Edge Contact Connector
SODIMM – Small Outline Dual Inline
Memory Module
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S
SPARC – Scalable Processor ArChitecture
SOHO – Small Office Home Office
SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
SSE –
Streaming SIMD Extensions
SVGA – Super Video Graphics Array
S/PDIF – Sony/Philips Digital Interface
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T
TB –
Terabytes
TBps – Terabytes per second
Tbps – Terabits per second
TDK – TDK Electronics
TEC – Thermoelectric Cooler
TPC – TipidPC
TWAIN – Technology Without An Important
Name
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U
UART – Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
USB – Universal Serial Bus
UTP – Unshieled Twisted Pair
V
VCD – Video CD
VPN – Virtual Private Network
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W
WAN – Wide Area Network
WTB – Want to Buy
WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get
X
XGA – Extended Graphics Array
XFX – XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS – Extended Memory Specification
XT – Extended Technology
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