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