ABBREVIATIONS

ASCII  American Standard Code For Information Interchange
ALGOL  Algorithmic Language
AC  Alternate Current
ACPI  Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ALU  Arithmetic Logical Unit
ANSI  American National Standard Institute
APM  Advanced Power Management
ASIC  Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ABC  Atanasoff Berry Computer
ATM  Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BBS  Bulletin Board System
BCC  Block Character Check
BNC  Boyonet Nut Connector
BIOS  Basic Input/Output System
BSC  Binary Synchronous Communication
BCD  Binary Coded Decimal
BCC  Blind Carbon Copy
BASIC  Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
CAD  Computer Aided Design
CAM  Computer Aided Manufacturing
CDROM  Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CGA  Color Graphics Array
CMOS  Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CPU  Central Processing Unit
CPI  Clock Per Instruction
CRC  Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRT  Cathode Ray Tube
CSS  Cascading Style Sheet
CC  Carbon Copy
CAN  Campus Area Network
DEC  Digital Equipment Corporation
DRAM  Dynamic Random Access Memory
DAT  Digital Audio Tape
DC  Direct Current
DD  Double Density
DDR  Double Data Rate
DMA  Direct Memory Access
DOS  Disk Operating System
DTR  Data Terminal Ready
DML  Data Maipulation Language
DDL  Data Definition Language
DCL  Data Control Language
DBMS  Database Management System
DSL  Digital Subscriber Line
DBA  Data Base Administrator
DFD  Data Flow Diagram
EBCDIC  Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EC  Error Check
ECC  Error Check And Correction
EOF  End Of File
EOL  End Of Line
EPP  Enhanced Parallel Port
ESD  Electro-Static Discharge
ESCD  Extended System Configuration Data
FAT  File Allocation Table
FCC  Federal Communication Commission
FDD  Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI  Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM  Frequency Divison Multiplexing
FDX  Full-Duplex Transmission
FE  Front End
FIFO  First-In First-Out
FILO  First-In Last-Out
FM  Frequency Modulation
FTP  File Transfer Protocol
GUI  Graphical User Interface
GIF  Graphics Interchange Format
GPRS  General Packet Radio service
GSM  Global System For Mobile
HDD  Hard Disk Drive
HPFS  High Performance File System
HDX  Half-Duplex Transmission
HREF  Hyper Reference
HTTP  Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS  Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
HTML  Hypertext Markup Language
I/O  Input/Output
IBM  International Business Machine
IMP  Interface Message Processor
IPC  Inter Process Communication
IRQ  Interrupt Request
ISDN  Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO  International Standard Organization
IC  Integrated Circuit
LAN  Local Area Network
LCD  Liquid Crystal Display
LED  Light Emitting Diode
LSI  Large Scale Integration
LSB  Least Significant Bit
LUN  Logical Unit Number
MAN  Metropolitan Area Network
MB/Mb  Mega Byte/mega bit
MBR  Master Boot Record
MICR  Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MCGA  Multi Color Graphics Array
MIMD  Multiple-Instruction Multiple Data
MIPS  Millions Instruction Per Second
MISD  Multiple Instruction Single Data
MODEM  Modulator-Demodulator
MOPS  Millions Of Operations Per Second
MOS  Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MS  Microsoft
MSI  Medium Scale Integration
MIME  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
NVRAM  Non-Volatile Random Access memory
NT  New Technology
NTFS  New Technology File System
OCR  Optical Character Recognition
OMR  Optical Mark Reader
ODI  Open Data Link Interface
OS  Operating System
OSF  Open System Interconnect
OSI  Open System Interconnection
OEM  Original Equipment Manufacturer
PB  Peta Byte
PC  Personal Computer
PCB  Printed Circuit Board
PCI  Peripheral Component Interconnect
PMOS  Positively Doped Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PNP  Plug-and-Play
POST  Power On self Test
PPP  Point-To-Point protocol
PSTN  Public Switched Telephone network
PNG  Portable Network Graphics
PDA  Personal Digital Assistant
RAID  Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disk
RISC  Reduced Instructions Set Computer
RMS  Root Mean Squared
RPC  Remote Procedure Call
RTC  Real Time Clock
RTS  Request To Send
RDBMS  Relational Database Management System
RAR  Roshal Archieve
SIM  Subscriber Identity Module
SCSI  Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM  Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SIMM  Single Inline Memory Module
SMT  Surface Mount Technology
STDM  Synchronous Time Divison Multiplexing
SMD  Surface Mount Device
TCP/IP  Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDMA  Time Divison Multiple Access
TFT  Thin Film Transistor
TRANSISTOR  TRANSformer resISTOR
TTL  Transistor-Transistor Logic
TIF  Transferred Image File
TIFF  Tagged Image File Format
TCL  Transaction Control Language
TI  Texas Instrument
UDP  User Datagram protocol
UDDI  Universal Description Discovery and Integration
UPS  Uniterrupted Power Supply
USB  Universal Serial Bus
ULSI  Ultra Large Scale Integration
UTP  Unshielded Twisted pair
VBE  Video BIOS Extension
VCR  Vodeo Cassette Recorder
VESA  Video Enhanced Standards Association
VGA  Video Graphics Array
VLSI  Very Large Scale Integration
VIRUS  Vital Information Resources Under Siege
VPN  Virtual Private Network
WAN  Wide Area Network
WORM  Write Once Read Many
WMAP  Wireless Message Access Protocol
WI-FI  Wireless-Fidelity
WIMAX  World Wide Interoperability For Microwave Access
SQL  Structured Query Language
STP  Shielded Twisted Pair
SAN  Storage Area Network
SMTP  Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP  Simple Network Mangement Protocol
SDSL  Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SDLC  Software Development Life Cycle
XGA  Extended Graphics Array
XOR  Exclusive-OR
XMS  Extended Memory Specification
XT  Extended Technlogy
ZIF  Zero Insertion Force