# \[TUTORIAL\] Computer Acronyms **URL:** \ **Category:** Tutorials & Methods\ **Tags:** business\ **Created:** [December 20, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tutorial-computer-acronyms/3780 "2017-12-20T08:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ze380y](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ze380y/32/48760_2.png) [@Ze380y](https://onehack.st/u/Ze380y)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tutorial-computer-acronyms/3780/1 "2017-12-20T08:06:07Z")
## Computer Acronyms ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port ALI - Acer Labs, Incorporated ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit AMD - Advanced Micro Devices APC - American Power Conversion ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface AT - Advanced Technology ATI - ATI Technologies Inc. ATX - Advanced Technology Extended — B — BFG - BFG Technologies BIOS - Basic Input Output System BNC - Barrel Nut Connector — C — CAS - Column Address Signal CD - Compact Disk CDR - Compact Disk Recorder CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer 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) — 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 DPI - Dots Per Inch DSL - See ASDL DVD - Digital Versatile Disc DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory — 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 — 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 — G — GB - Gigabytes GBps - Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second GDI - Graphical Device Interface GHz - GigaHertz — H — HDD - Hard Disk Drive HIS - Hightech Information System Limited HP - Hewlett-Packard Development Company HSF - Heatsink-Fan — I — IBM - International Business Machines Corporation IC - Integrated Circuit IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics IFS- Item for Sale IRQ - Interrupt Request ISA - Industry Standard Architecture ISO - International Standards Organization — J — JBL - JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers JVC - JVC Company of America - K — Kbps - Kilobits Per Second KBps - KiloBytes per second — L — LG - LG Electronics LAN - Local Area Network LCD - Liquid Crystal Display LDT - Lightning Data Transport LED - Light Emitting Diode — M — MAC - Media Access Control MB � MotherBoard or Megabyte MBps - Megabytes Per Second Mbps - Megabits Per Second or Megabits Per Second MHz - MegaHertz MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second MMX - Multi-Media Extensions MSI - Micro Star International — 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 — 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 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 — 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 — 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 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 — 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 — U — UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter USB - Universal Serial Bus UTP - Unshieled Twisted Pair — V — VCD - Video CD VPN - Virtual Private Network — 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 ---
**Author:** ![manorolex](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/manorolex/32/17717_2.png) [@manorolex](https://onehack.st/u/manorolex)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tutorial-computer-acronyms/3780/2 "2018-12-04T03:43:16Z")
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**Author:** ![SSK](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/ssk/32/18122_2.png) [@SSK](https://onehack.st/u/SSK)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tutorial-computer-acronyms/3780/3 "2018-12-15T17:08:33Z")
Nice share! Thanks @Ze380y ---
**Author:** ![big](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/big/32/17883_2.png) [@big](https://onehack.st/u/big)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tutorial-computer-acronyms/3780/4 "2018-12-15T17:55:37Z")
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