Computer Short Forms ALU: Arithmetic logic unit ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AC: Alternating Current AM: Amplitude Modulated AMD: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMI: American Megatrends Inc. ANSI: American National Standards Institute API: Application Program Interface APIC: Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APM: Advanced Power Management ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASPI: Advanced SCSI Programming InterfaceAT: Advanced Technology ATA: AT Bus Attachment ATAPI: ATA Packet Interface ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode BBS: Bulletin Board System BCC: Block Check Character BSC: Binary Synchronous Communications BSD: Berkeley Standard Distribution BTU: British Thermal Units BCD: Binary Coded Decimal BIOS: Basic Input / Output System BNC: Bayonet Nut Connector BPS: Bytes Per Second bps: bits Per Second CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing CAD: Computer Aided Design CAS: Column Address Strobe CPU : Central Processing Unit CPI: Clocks Per Instruction CR: Carriage Return CUI : Composite User Interface CRT : Cathode Ray Tube CRC: Cyclical Redundancy Check CD: Carrier Detect & Compact Disc CD-R : Compact Disc-Recordable CD-RW : Compact Disc-ReWritable CD-ROM : Compact disc read-only memory CGA: Color Graphics Adapter CHS: Cylinder Head Sector COMPUTER: Common Oriented Machine Particularly Used for Trade Education and Research CMOS: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CPLD: Complex Programmable Logic Device CSR: Command Status Register CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check CTS: Clear To Send DVI : Digital Visual Interface DVD : Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc DAT: Digital Audio Tape DC: Direct Current DCD: Data Carrier Detect DCE: Data Circuit-terminating Equipment DD: Double Density DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation DIMM: Dual Inline Memory Module DIP: Dual-In-line Package DMA: Direct Memory Access DMI: Desktop Management Interface DOS: Disk Operating System DPE: Data Parity Error DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory DS: Double Sided DSP: Digital Signal Processor DSR: Data Set Ready DTA: Disk Transfer Area DTC: Data Terminal Controller DTE: Data Terminating Equipment DTR: Data Terminal Ready EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code EC: Error Check ECC: Error Check and Correction ECP: Enhanced Communication Port ECU: EISA Configuration Utility EDO: Extended Data Out RAM EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter EIA: Electronic Industries Association EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics EISA: Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture EMI: Electro-Magnetic Interference EMF: Electro-Magnetic Force EMM: Expanded Memory Manager EMS: Expanded Memory Specification EOF: End Of File EOL: End Of Line EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ESCD: Extended System Configuration Data ESD: Electro-Static Discharge ESDI: Enhanced Small Devices Interface FTP – File Transfer Protocol FAT: File Allocation Table FCC: Federal Communications Commission FDD: Fixed/Floppy Disk Drive FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDM: Frequency Division Multiplexing FDX: Full-Duplex Transmission FE: Front End FEP: Front End Processor FF: Form Feed FIFO: First-In First-Out FILO: First-In Last-Out FM: Frequency Modulation FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array FPM: Fast Page Mode RAM FPU: Floating Point Unit FRC: Functional Redundancy Checking FRU: Field-Replaceable Unit FSF: Free Software Foundation FSK: Frequency Shifty Keying GUI : Graphical user interface GAS: Gallium Arsenide GFLOPS: Billions of Floating Point Operations Per Second HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language HD: High Density HDD: Hard Disk Drive HDX: Half-Duplex Transmission HFS: Hierarchical File System HPFS: High Performance File System IBM : International Business Machines I/O: Input/Output IC: Integrated Circuit IDE: Integrated Device Electronics IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IMP: Interface Message Processor IP: Internet Protocol IPC: Inter Process Communication IPX: Inter network Packet eXchange IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest ISA: Industry Standard Architecture ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network ISO: International Standards Organization ISR: Interrupt Service Routine IVT: Interrupt Vector Table JFS: Journalized File System KNI: Katmai New Instructions KVA: KiloVolt-Amps LBA: Linear Block Array / Addressing LCD : Liquid crystal display LAN : Local area network LOGO : Language of Graphic-Oriented LED: Light Emitting Diode LF: Line Feed LIF : Low Insertion Force LIM: Lotus/Intel/Microsoft’s Expanded Memory Manager LRU: Least-Recently Used LSB: Least Significant Byte/bit LSI: Large Scale Integration LUN: Logical Unit Number LASER : Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation MAN : Metropolitan area network MESI: Modified/Exclusive/Shared/Invalid MIPS : Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages MSo : Micro Soft Office, Multi system operator MB/Mb: Mega Bytes/bits MBR: Master Boot Record MCA: Micro Channel Architecture MCGA: Multi-Color Graphics Array MCM: Multi-Chip Module MDRAM: Multi-bank RAM MFLOPS: Millions of FLOating Point Operations per Second MFM: Modified Frequency Modulated MHz: MegaHertz MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition MIDI: Musical Instrument Data Interface MIMD: Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data MISD: Multiple-Instruction Single Data MMX: Multi-Media Extensions MNP: Microcom Network Protocol MODEM: MOdulator / DEModulator MOPS: Millions of Operations Per Second MOS: Metal-Oxide Semiconductor MP: Multi-Processor MPP: Massively Parallel Processor MPS: Multi-Processor System MSB: Most Significant Byte/bit MSDOS: Microsoft’s Disk Operating System SI: Medium Scale Integration MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure N/C: No-Connect NBS: National Bureau of Standards NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association NFS: Network File System NFU: Not-Frequently Used NIC: Network Interface Card NMI: Non-Maskable Interrupt NMOS: Negatively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor NOP: No OPeration NRU Not-Recently Used NOS: Network Operating System NSF: National Science Foundation NTFS: New Technology File System NVRAM: NonVolatile Random Access Memory OCR: Optical Character Recognition ODI: Open Data link Interface OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer OS: Operating System OSF: Open Software Foundation OSI: Open Systems Interconnect PAL: Programmable Array Logic PB: Push Button PBX: Private Branch eXtender PC: Personal Computer, Program Counter PCB: Printed Circuit Board PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect PCM: Pulse Code Modulation PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PE: Processor Element PFF: Page Fault Frequency PGA: Professional Graphics Array PGA: Pin Grid Array PIC: Programmable Interrupt Controller PIO: Programmed Input / Output PIROM: Processor Information ROM PLA: Programmable Logic Array PLCC: Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier PLD: Programmable Logic Devices PLL: Phase Locked Loop PM: Preventive Maintenance PMOS: Positively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor PnP: Plug-and-Play POST: Power On Self Test PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol PQFP: Plastic Quad Flat Pack PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network PSP: Program Segment Prefix PTE: Page Table Entry QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QFP: Quad Flat Pack QIC: Quarter Inch Cartridge RAM – Random-access memory RAID: Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to Analogue Converter RAS: Row Address Strobe RCA: Radio Corporation of America RCC: Routing Control Center RDRAM: Rambus DRAM RFC: Request For Comments RFI: Radio Frequency Interference RI: Ring Indicator RISC: Reduced Instruction-Set Computer RLL: Run Length Limited RMS: Root Mean Squared RMW: Read Modify Write ROM: Read Only Memory RPC: Remote Procedure Call RPM: Rotations Per Minute RTC: Real Time Clock RTS: Request To Send SAM: Sequential Access Memory SASI: Shugart Associates Standard Interface SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface SD: Single Density SDLC: Synchronous Data Link Control SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic RAM SDRAM DDR: Double Data Rate SDRAM SDRAM BDDR: Bi-Directional Strobed DDR SDRAM SE: Systems Engineer SEC: Single Edge Contact SFF: Small Form Factor SGRAM: Synchronous Graphics RAM SMS : Short Message Service SIMD: Single-Instruction Multiple-Data SIMM: Single Inline Memory Module SIPP: Single Inline Pinned Package SISD: Single-Instruction Single-Data SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol SMD: Surface Mount Device SMT: Surface Mount Technology SNA: System Network Architecture SNR: Signal to Noise Ratio SOL: Small Out Line SOIC: Small Outline Integrated Circuit SPOOL: Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line SPT: Sectors Per Track SPU: Single Processor Unit SRAM: Static Random Access Memory SS: Single Sided STDM: Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing STN: Super Twisted Nematic STU: Streaming Tape Unit SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array TCM: Trellis Code Modulation TCP : Transmission Control Protocol TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol TDM: Time Division Multiplexing TI: Texas Instruments TIA: Telecomm Industry Association TLB: Translation-Look aside Buffer TPI: Tracks Per Inch TRANSISTOR: TRANSformer resISTOR TSR: Terminate and Stay Resident TTL: Transistor-Transistor Logic UAE: Unrecoverable Application Error UART: Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter USART: Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter UDP: User Datagram Protocol UMB: Upper Memory Block USB: Universal Serial Bus UNIX: A trademark used for a computer disk operating system UPS – Uninterruptible power supply USL: UNIX System Labs UUCP: UNIX to UNIX Copy Program VIRUS : Vital Information Resources Under Seize VDU : Visual Display Unit VBE: Video BIOS Extensions VCR: Video Cassette Recorder VESA: Video Enhanced Standards Association VGA: Video Graphics Array VLB: VESA Local Bus VLIW: Very Long Instruction Word VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration VM: Virtual Memory VME: Versa Module Euro-car VRAM: Video Random Access Memory VRT: Voltage Reduction Technology VTR: Video Tape Recorder WAN : Wide area network WATS: Wide Area Telephone Service WD: Western Digital WORM: Write Once – Read-Many WRAM: Window Random Access Memory WS: Wait State WWW : World Wide Web XGA: eXtended Graphics Array XMS: Extended Memory Specification XOR: Exclusive-OR XNOR: Exclusive-NOR XT: eXtended Technology ZIF: Zero Insertion Force
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