Computer Acronyms

• AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port
• AMD = Advanced Micro Devices
• ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ATX = Advanced Technology Extended
• ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• BIOS = Basic Input Output System
• CMOS = Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• CD = Compact Disk
• CDR = Compact Disk Recorder
• CDROM = Compact Disk Read Only Memory
• CDRW = Compact Disk Re-Writer
• CDFS = Compact Disk File System
• DPI = Dots Per Inch
• DIMM = Dual Inline Memory Module
• DSL = Digital Subscriber Line
• DVD = Digital Versatile Disk
• DVD-RAM = Digital Versatile Disk Read Access Memory
• DDR = Double Data Rate. Some times called as Double Dynamic RAM
• DRAM = Dynamic Random Access Memory
• EPROM = Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• EEPROM = Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• FTP = File Transfer Protocol
• FDD = Floppy Disk Drive
• FDC = Floppy Disk Controller
• FSB = Front Side Bus
• FAT = File Allocation Table
• HDD = Hard Disk Drive
• IP = Internet Protocol
• IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics
• IRQ = Interrupt Request
• Kbps = Kilobytes Per Second
• LAN = Local Area Network
• LCD = Liquid Crystal Display
• LED = Light Emitting Diode
• MMX = Multi Media Extensions
• MAC = Media Access Control
• Mhz = Mega Hertz
• Mbps = Megabytes Per Second
• MAN = Metropolitan Area Network
• NIC = Network Interface Card
• NTFS = New Technology File System
• OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer
• POST = Power On Self Test
• PnP = Plug n Play
• PCB = Printed Circuit Board
• PCI = Parallel Communication Interface
• ROM = Read Only Memory
• RAID = Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
• RDRAM = Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
• SDRAM = Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
• SVGA = Super Video Graphics Array
• SCSI = Small Computer System Interface
• SATA = Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
• TCP = Transmission Control Protocol
• VGA = Video Graphics Array
• VPN = Virtual Private Networking
• WAN = Wide Area Network
• XMS = Extended Memory Specification
• XT = Extended Technology