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