Abbreviations for CNT-2300

Maria Tschida Service Project July 2010

Abbreviations for CNT2300 PC Hardware/Software

          CNT 2300  Service Project
           Maria Tschida

      Abbreviations for PC 
   Hardware/Software

• A – Amps
• AC- Alternate current
• ACL – Access Control List
• ACPI – Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
• ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• AFH – Adaptive Frequency Hopping
• AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port
• AMPS – Advanced Mobile Phone System
• ANSI – American Standards Instititute
• APIPA – Automatic Private IP Addressing
• APM – Advanced Power Management
• ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
• ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ASR – Automated System Recovery
• AT – Attention Characters
• ATA – Advanced Technology Attachment
• ATX-Advanced Technology Extender
• AUX – Auxiliary

• BASE – Baseband Transmission
• BD – Blue ray Disc
• BD-R – Blue ray Disc Recordable
• BD-RE - Blue ray Disc Rewritable
• BD-ROM - Blue ray Disc read only Media
• BIOS- Basic Input Output System
• BISDN – Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• BMP – Bit Map Picture
• bps – Bits Per Second
• BRI – Basic Rate Interface

• C: - Hard Drive
• CAD - computer-aided design
• CD – Compact Disk
• CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access
• CD-RW – Compact Disc Rewritable
• CHIP3 – Chemicals Hazards Information and Packaging for supply Regulations 2002
• CISC – Complex Instruction Set Computer
• CISCO - Corps Information Systems Control Officer
• CLI – Command Line Interface
• CMOS – Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• CMYK- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
• CMYO - cyan, magenta, yellow, and clear overcoat
• COM – (port)
• CPU – Central Processing Unit
• CRT – Cathode-ray Ray Tube
• CRU – Customer Replaceable Unit
• CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access w. Collision Detection

• DAT – Digital Audio Tape
• DC – Direct Current
• DIP – Dual Inline Package
• DDoS – Distributed Denial of Service
• DDR – Double Data Rate
• DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• DIP – Dual Inline Package
• DLT – Digital Linear Tape
• DLP – Digital Light processing
• DMA – Direct Memory Access
• DMD – Digital Micro mirror Device
• DNS – Domain Name System
• DoS – Denial of Service
• DPI – Dots Per Inch
• DRAM – Dynamic RAM
• DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
• DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
• DVI – Digital Visual Interface

• ECP – Enhanced Capabilities Port
• EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• EIDE – Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
• EMI- Electro Magnetic Interference
• EPI – Environmental Protection Agency
• EPP – Enhanced Parallel Port
• EPROM – Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory
• ERD – Emergency Repair Disk
• eSATA – External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
• ESD – Electro Static Discharge
• EULA – End User License Agreement

• FAT32 – File Allocation Table, 32- bit
• FDD – Floppy Disc Drive
• FDDI – Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• FRU – Field Replaceable Unit
• FSB – Front Side Bus
• FTP – File Transfer Protocal

• GB – Giga Bytes ( Billions of bytes)
• GDI – Graphics Device Interface
• GHz – Giga Hertz
• GPS – Global Positioning System
• GPU – Graphics Processing Unit
• GSM – Global System for Mobile
• GUI – Graphical User Interface

• HAL – Hardware Abstract ion Layer
• HCL – Hardware Compatibility List
• HDD – Hard Disc Drive
• HDSL - High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line
• HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
• HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
• HVC – Horizontal Vertical Colors
• Hz - Hertz

• I – Current
• IAB – Internet Architecture Board
• IBM - International Business Machines
• ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
• IDE – Integrated Drive Electronics
• iDEN - Integrated Digital Enhancement Network
• IEC - International Electro technical Commission
• IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IGP – Interior Gateway Protocol
• iLINK- FireWire
• IM – Instant Messaging
• IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
• I/O – Input/Output
• IP – Internet Protocol
• IR - Infrared
• IRQ – Interrupt Requests
• ISDN – Integrated Services Data Interface
• ISM - Industrial, Scientific, & Medical band
• ISO – International Standards Organization
• ISP - Internet Service Provider

• JPEG – Joint Photographic Expert Group

• Kb – Kilo bits
• KB – Kilo Bytes
• KBps – Kilo Bytes Per Second
• KVM - Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch

• LAN – Local Area Network
• LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
• LEAP – Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
• LED – Light Emitting Diode

• M – Meters
• MAC – Media Access Control
• MB – Mega Byte
• Mbps – Mega bits per second
• MBR- Master Boot Record
• MDF - Main Distribution Facility
• MHz- Mega Hertz
• MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
• MMX - (multi media instructions)
• MSAU – Multi Station Access Unit
• MSDS – Material Data and Safety Sheet
• MTBF – Mean Time Between Failure

• NAP - Network Access Point
• NAT – Network Address Translation
• NIC – Network Interface Card
• NLQ – Near Letter Quality
• NMT – Nordic Mobile Telephone
• NOS – Network Operating System
• NTFS – New Technology File System
• NTLDR – NT Loader

• OCR – Optical Character Recognition
• OS – Operating System
• OSHA –Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• OSI – Open System Interconnect

• P – Power
• PATA – Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
• PC – Personal Computer
• PCI – Peripheral Component Interface
• PCL – Printer Control Language
• PCIe – ( expansion slots)
• PCMCIA – Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
• PDA – Personal Digital Assistants
• PDL – Page Description Language
• PDU – Protocol Data Units
• PGA - Pin Grid Array
• Ping – Packet Internet Gopher
• PLC – Power Line Communication
• PLN – Power Line Networking
• PLT – Power Line Telecoms
• PnP – Plug and Play
• POST – Power On Self Test
• POTS – Plain Old Telephone Service
• PPM – Pages Per Minute
• PPP – Point to Point Protocol
• PRI – Primary Rate Interface
• PROM – Programmable Read-Only Memory
• PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

• R – Resistance
• RAID – Redundant Array of Independent Disks
• RAM - Random Access Memory
• RAS – Remote Access Server
• RFI – Radio Frequency Interference
• RGB – Red, Blue, Green
• RIP – Routing Information Protocol
• RIS – Remote Installation Services
• RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computer
• ROM – Read Only Memory
• RPM – Revolutions per minute

• SATA – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
• SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
• SD – Secure Digital
• SDRAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
• SDSL – Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• SFC – System File Checker
• SID – System Security Identifier
• SIMM – Single Inline Memory Module
• SLA – Service Level Agreement
• SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• SODIMM - (laptop expansion memory)
• SOHO – Small Office/Home Office
• SP/2- Service pack 2
• SPS – Standby Power Supply
• SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
• SSD – Solis State Drive
• SSE – Streaming Single-instruction-multi-data extensions
• SSH – Secure Socket Host
• SSID – Service Set Identifier
• STP – Shielded Twisted Pair
• Sysprep- Microsoft System Preparation

• TCO – Total Cost of Ownership
• TCP– Transmission Control Protocol
• TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol
• TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association
• TIFF – Tagged Image File Format

• UAC – User Account Control
• UDP – User Datagram Protocol
• UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply
• USB- Universal Serial Bus
• USMT – User State Migration Tool
• UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair

• V – Voltage
• VDSL – Very high data rate DSL
• VGA – Video Graphics Array
• VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol
• VPN – Virtual Private Network

• W – Watts
• WAN – Wide Area Network
• WAP - Wired Access Point
• WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
• Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity
• WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
• WPA- Wi-Fi Protected Access
• WTLS- Wireless Transport Layer Security

• ZIF – Zero Insertion Force