0-9
286 = Intel 80286 processor.
2D = Two (bi) Dimensional.
386 = Intel 80386 processor.
386MAX = Qualitas 386 Expanded Memory Manager (386MAX.SYS).
3D = Three (tri) Dimensional.
3DRAM = 3D Dynamic Random Access Memory.
3D-NOW =
486 = Intel 80486 processor.
586 = Intel 80586 processor (Pentium).
686 = Intel 80686 processor (Pentium Pro).
86 = Intel 8086 processor.
A
AC = Alternating Current.
AC-3 = AC-3 Dolby Surround standard (5+1 = 6 channels).
ACM = Audio Compression Manager.
ACPI = Advanced Configuration Power Interface.
ADC = Analog to Digital converter.
ADPCM = Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation.
ADSL = Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line.
AFM = Atomic Force Microscope.
AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port technology standard (Intel).
AGRAS = AntiGlare, antiReflection and AntiStatic screen treatment.
AIB = Audio Interface Board.
AIFF = Audio Interchange File Format.
ALS = Automatic Line Switching.
ALU = Aritmethic Logic Unit.
AMI = American Megatrends Incorporated.
ANSI = American National Standards Institute.
AOL = America OnLine.
API = Application Programming Interface.
APM = Advanced Power Management.
ARAG = AntiReflection, AntiGlare screen treatment.
ARAS = AntiReflection, AntiStatic screen treatment.
ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
ASIC = Application Specific Integrated Circuit.
ASP = Advanced Sound Processor (Creative Labs).
ASPI = Advanced SCSI Programming Interface.
ASVD = Analog Simultaneous Voice and Data.
AT = Advanced Technology.
ATA = ANSI standard for Integrated Drive Electronics (AT bus Attachment).
ATAPI = Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface.
ATM (1) = Adobe Type Manager.
ATM (2) = Asynchronous Transfer Mode (network).
AUI = Attachment Unit Interface.
AVI = Advanced Audio Video Interleave.
AXCEL216 = Packard Bell AXCEL216 386/SX 25MHz.
B
b = binary digit = bit (unit of information).
B = Byte (1 Byte = 8 bits).
BASIC = Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
BAT = MS-DOS ASCII BATch program file.
Baud = Bits per second (also baud rate).
BBS = Bulletin Board System.
BDA = BIOS Data Area.
BEDO = Burst Extended Data Out.
BGA = Ball Grid Array.
BIF = Binary Image Format file.
BIOS = Basic Input Output System.
BMP = RGB/RLE encoded Microsoft Windows BitMap Picture file.
BPP = Bits Per Pixel.
BR = Boot Record (Hard Disc).
C
C64 = Commodore 64 personal computer (my first computer).
CAD = Computer Aided Design.
CAM = Common Acces Method.
CAV = Constant Angular Velocity (compact disc).
CCITT = Consultative Committee International for Telegraphy and Telephony.
CD = Compact Disk.
CDA = Compact Disk Audio.
CDR = CorelDRAW! image file.
CDRAM = Cache Dynamic Random Access Memory.
CD-R = Compact Disk Recorder.
CD-RAM = Compact Disk Rewritable Access Media.
CD-ROM = Compact Disk Read Only Media.
CD-RW = Compact Disk ReWritable.
CERT = Computer Emergency Response Team.
CGA = Color Graphics Adapter.
CGI = Common Gateway Interface.
CGM = Computer Graphics Metafile.
CHS = Cylinder/Head/Sector.
CIAC = Computer Incident Advisory Capability team.
CISC = Complex Instruction Set Chip.
CLP = Microsoft Windows Clipboard Bitmap file.
CLV = Constant Linear Velocity (compact disk).
CMOS = Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor.
CMOS-SOS = CMOS Silicon On Sapphire.
CODEC = Windows enCOding DECoding standard media filters.
COM = Serial COMmunication Port.
CON = CONsole.
CPU = Central Processing Unit (processor).
CRC = Cyclical Redundancy Check.
CRT = Cathode Ray Tube.
CS = CompuServe.
CSLIP = Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol.
CSS = Cascading Style Sheets HTML specifications (W3C).
CSS1 = Cascading Style Sheets mechanism level 1 (W3C).
CSS2 = Cascading Style Sheets mechanism level 2 (W3C).
CTS = Clear To Send (Modem).
CU = Control Unit.
CUT = Dr. Halo picture file.
D
D3D = Microsoft DirectX 3D APIs standard.
DAC = Digital to Analog Converter.
DAT = Digital Audio Tape.
DB = GSM Dual Band (9000 Hz/18000 Hz).
dB = deciBel (10 dB = 1 Bel).
DC = Direct Current.
DDC = Display Data Channel.
DDE = Dynamic Data Exchange.
DHCP = Dynamic Host Control Protocol.
DHTML = Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language (W3C).
DIB (1) = RGB/RLE encoded Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap.
DIB (2) = Dual Independent Bus architecture (Intel Pentium Pro and
Pentium II).
DIMM = Dual In-line Memory Module.
DIP = Dual In-line Package.
DLL = Dynamic Link Library.
DLP = Digital Light Processing technology.
DMA = Direct Memory Access.
DMF = high Density Media Format (floppy disk).
DNS = Domain Name Service.
DOCSIS = Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification.
DOM = Document Object Model standard (W3C).
DOS = Disk Operating System.
DPI = Dots Per Inch.
DPLSS = Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound standard (5 channels).
DPMI = DOS Protected Mode Interface.
DPMS = VESA Display Power Management Signaling standard.
DRAM = Dynamic Random Access Memory.
DRP = Distribution and Replication Protocol.
DRW = Micrografx DRaW image file.
DS/DD = Double-Sided Double-Density (floppy disk standard: 720KB).
DS/HD = Double-Sided High-Density (floppy disk standard: 1.44MB).
DSL = Digital Subscriber Line modem.
DSP = Digital Signal Processor.
DSR = Data Set Ready (Modem).
DSS = Digital Satellite System.
DSVD = Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data.
DTD = Document Type Definition.
DTE = Data Terminal Equipment.
DTP = DeskTop Publishing.
DTR (1) = Data Transfer Rate.
DTR (2) = Data Terminal Ready (Modem).
DTV = DeskTop Video.
DVD = Digital Versatile (Video) Disc.
DVD-RAM = Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable Access Media.
DVD-ROM = Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Media.
DVI = Digital Video Interactive (Intel).
DXF = Autodesk picture File.
E
EBCDIC = Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code.
EBDA = Extended BIOS Data Area.
EBIOS = Extended Basic Input/Output System.
ECC = Error Correction Code.
ECP = Extended Communications Port.
EDO = Extended Data Out.
EEPROM = Electricaly Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
EGA = Extended Graphics Adapter.
EIA = Electronic Industries Associations.
EICA = Enhanced Intellight Cooler Architecture.
EIDE = Enhanced IDE.
EISA = Extended Industry Standard Architecture.
EMB = Extended Memory Block.
EMM386 = Microsoft 386 Expanded Memory Manager (EMM386.EXE).
EMS = Expanded Memory Specifications.
EMM = Expanded Memory Manager.
ENIAC = Electronic Numeral Integrator And Calculator.
EPA = Environmental Protection Agency.
EPP = Enhanced Parallel Port.
EPROM = Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
EPS = Encapsulated PostScript File.
ESDI (1) = Extended System Disk Interface.
ESDI (2) = Enhanced Small Device Interface.
EULA = End User License Agreement.
F
FAT = File Allocation Table.
FAT16 = 16bit File Allocation Table (MS-DOS).
FAT32 = Windows 95 (or later) 32bit File Allocation Table.
FCBS = File Control Blocks.
FCC = Federal Communications Commission.
FD = Floppy Disk (Drive).
FED = Field Emission Display.
FIFO = First In First Out.
FMV = Full Motion Video.
FPD = Flat Panel Display.
FPU = Floating Point Unit (coprocessor).
FTP = File Transfer Protocol.
G
GB = GigaByte (1 GB = 1024 MegaBytes = 1048576 KiloBytes).
GDI = Graphical Device Interface.
GEM = Ventura/GEM image file.
GIF = Graphics Interchange Format (CompuServe).
GPF = General Protection Fault.
GMR = Giant MagnetoResistive effect head (hard disk drive).
GSM = Groupe Special Mobile.
GUI = Graphical User Interface.
H
HAL = Hardware Abstraction Layer.
HD = Hard Disk (Drive).
HDA = High reliability Hard Disk Assembly.
HDD = Hard Disk Drive.
HDSL = High-bit-rate digital subscriber line.
HDTV = High Definition TeleVision.
HEL = Hardware Emulation Layer (Microsoft Direct3D standard).
HGL = Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language image file.
HID = Human Interface Devices.
HIMEM = Microsoft High/Extended Memory Manager (HIMEM.SYS).
HMA = High Memory Area.
HRG = High Resolution Graphics.
HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language (W3C).
HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
Hz = Hertz.
I
I/O = Input/Output.
IBM = International Business Machines Corporation.
IC = Interface Controller.
ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocol.
IDE = Integrated Device (Drive) Electronics.
IE = Microsoft Internet Explorer.
IEEE 1394 = Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers FireWire peripheral
devices bus connection standard.
IFF = Electronic Arts Image File.
IMA = Interactive Music Architecture (Microsoft).
IMAP = Internet Mail Access Protocol.
IMAP4 = Internet Mail Access Protocol 4.
IMG = GEM Paint image file.
IP = Internet Protocol.
IPX = Internet Protocol Novell Netware compatible.
IRC = Internet Relay Chat.
IRQ = Interrupt ReQuest line.
ISA = Industry Standard Architecture.
ISDN = Integrated Services Digital Network.
ISO = International Organization for Standardization.
ISP = Internet Service Provider.
ITU = International Telecommunications Union.
J
Java = Sun Microsystems programming language.
JAR = Java ARchive file.
JDK = Java Developers Kit.
JIF = Joint Photographers Expert Group Image file.
JPEG = Joint Photographers Expert Group Picture standard.
JPG = Joint Photographers Expert Group Picture file.
JS = Java Script.
JVM = Java Virtual Machine.
K56flex = Rockwell 56 kbps analog modem transfer standard.
K6-II = AMD K6 2 Processor (with 3D-Now Istrucions).
K6-III = AMD K6 3 Processor (with 3D-Now Istrucions).
K7 = AMD K7 Processor (Athlon) (with 3D-Now Istrucions).
KB = KiloByte (1 KB = 1024 Bytes).
L
LAN = Local Area Network.
LAPM = Link Access Procedure for Modems.
LBA = Logical Block Address.
LBM = DeLuxe Paint BitMap picture file.
LCD = Liquid Crystal Display.
LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
LED = Light Emitting Diode.
LFN = Long File Names.
LFO = Low Frequency Oscillator.
LH = LoadHigh.
LIM = Lotus/Intel/Microsoft expanded/extended memory specifications.
LPT = Line PrinTer.
M
MAC = MACPaint picture file.
MAPI = Messaging Application Program Interface.
MB = MegaByte (1 MB = 1024 KiloBytes = 1048576 bytes).
MBR = Master Boot Record (partition table).
MCI = Media Control Interface.
MDRAM = Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory.
MGA = Monochrome Graphics Adapter.
MHz = MegaHertz (1 MHz = 1000 KHz = 1000000 Hz).
MIDI = Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
MIP = Multum In Parvum texture mapping.
MIPS = Millions of Instructions per Second.
MLPPP = MultiLink Point to Point Protocol.
MMX = MultiMedia eXtensions (Intel Pentium).
MNP = Microcom Networking Protocol.
MO = Magneto-Optical.
MOD = Module Tracker.
MP3 = MPeg Layer 3 compressed audio.
MPC = Multimedia Personal Computer.
MPEG = Motion Picture Expert Group standards (versions 1 and 2).
MPG = Motion Picture Expert Group compressed image file standard.
MR = Magneto-Resistive head (hard disk drive).
MS (1) = MicroSoft.
ms (2) = millisecond.
MS-DOS = MicroSoft Disk Operating System.
MSCDEX = MicroSoft Compact Disc EXtensions device driver (MSCDEX.EXE).
MSD = MicroSoft Diagnostics (MSD.EXE).
MSP = MicroSoft Paint picture file.
MTU = Maximum Transmission Unit.
MVA = Multi-domain Vertical Alignment technology (LCD screen).
N
NC = Network Computer.
NDIS = Network Driver Interface Specification layer.
NetRoom = Helix Software 386 Expanded Memory Manager (RM386.EXE).
NIC = Networked Information Center.
NiCad = Nickel Cadmium Battery Pack.
NiMH = Nickel Metal Hydride Battery Pack.
NOS = Network Operating System.
NTFS = Windows NT File Standard.
NTSC = National Television Standards Committee.
O
OCR = Optical Character Recognition (scanner).
ODBC = Open DataBase Connectivity.
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer.
OGL = OpenGL (see below).
OLE = Object Linking and Embedding.
OOB = Out Of Band.
OpenGL = Open standard Graphical Language (32bit 3D graphics architecture layout).
OPS = Open Profiling Standard.
OS = Operating System.
OS/2 = IBM Operating System/2.
OSD = Open Software Distribution.
OSR1 = OEM Service Release 1 (Windows 95 version 4.00.950a = 1st release, updated).
Commercial.
OSR2 = OEM Service Release 2 (Windows 95 version 4.01.111b = 2nd release). OEM
only.
P
P!!! = Intel Pentium III processor (with SSE Instructions).
P II = Intel Pentium II processor (80686 Klamath).
P5 = Intel Pentium processor (80586).
P6 = Intel Pentium Pro processor (80686).
PAL = Phase Alternating Line.
PBC = Pipeline Burst Cache.
PBM = Portable BitMap UNIX picture file.
PC = Personal Computer.
PCD = Kodak Photo CD image file.
PCI = Peripheral Component Interconnect.
PCM = Pulse Code Modulation.
PCMCIA = Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.
PCS = Personal Communications Service.
PCX = Zsoft PC Paintbrush Picture file.
PDL = Page Description Language.
PDF = Portable Document Format file.
PEL = Picture ELement (pixeL).
PERL = Practical Extraction and Report Language.
PFPT = Pure Flat Picture Tube.
PGM = Portable GrayMap UNIX picture file.
PIC = Lotus Development Corp. PICtor/PC Paint picture file.
PIF = Program Information File.
PMTU = Path Maximum Transmission Unit.
PNG = Portable Network Graphics file.
PnP = Plug and Play standard.
POP = Post Office Protocol.
POP3 = Post Office Protocol 3.
POST = Power On Self Test.
PPM = Portable PixelMap UNIX picture file.
PPP = Point to Point Protocol.
PPTP = Point to Point Tunneling Protocol.
PRI = Primary Rate Interface.
PRN = PRiNter port.
PROM = Programmable Read Only Memory.
PS/2 = IBM Personal System/2.
PSD = RGB/indexed PhotoShop image file.
Q
QEMM = Quarterdeck Systems 386 Expanded Memory Manager (QEMM386.SYS).
QOS = Quality Of Service.
R
RAM = Random Access Memory.
RAMDAC = Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter.
RAS (1) = Sun Microsystems picture file.
RAS (2) = Row Access Strobe.
RAVE = Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine (Apple).
RAW = Unencoded pixel data image file.
RDRAM = Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory.
RGB = Red Green Blue picture encoding.
RIFF = Resource Interchange file Format.
RISC = Reduced Instruction Set Computing.
RIVA = Real Time Interactive Video and Animation.
RLE = CompuServe/Microsoft Windows encoded graphic file.
RM386 = Helix Software 386 Expanded Memory Manager (RM386.EXE).
ROM = Read Only Memory.
RPC = Remote Procedure Calls.
RSAC = Recreational Software Advisory Council.
RTF = Rich Text Format.
S
SCSI = Small Computers System Interface.
SDK = Software Developers Kit.
SDRAM = Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.
SDS = Satellite Data Service.
SDX = Storage Data Acceleration.
SEC = Single Edge Contact (Intel).
SEL = Software Emulation Layer (Microsoft Direct3D standard).
SET = Secure Electronic Transaction standard.
SGML = Standard Generalized Markup Language (W3C).
SGRAM = Synchronous Graphic RAM.
SIMD = Single Instruction Multiple Data (Intel Pentium MMX).
SIMM = Single In-line Memory Module.
SLC = Subscriber Line Charge.
SLIP = Serial Line Internet Protocol.
SLM = Spatial Light Modulator.
SMART = Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology standard.
SMS = Small Message Service (GSM).
SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SMP = SiMetrical Processing standard.
SNTP = SkyNet Transfer Protocol.
SRAM = Static Random Access Memory.
SSA = Serial Storage Architecture interface.
SSE = Streming SIMD Extension (Pentium 3).
SSL = Secure Sockets Layer.
STM = Scanning Tunneling Microscope.
SVGA = Super Video Graphics Array standard.
T
TCP/IP = Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TFT = Thin Film Transistor (active matrix).
TGA = TrueVision Graphic file.
THD = Total Harmonic Distortion.
TIFF = Aldus Corporation Image file.
TSR = Terminate and Stay Resident program/device/driver.
TTF = True Type Font.
TWAIN = Technology Without An Interesting Name.
U
UART = Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter.
UCE = Unsolicited Commercial Email.
UDSP = Uniprocessor Digital Signal Processor Drive Electronics based architecture.
UHF = Ultra High Frequency.
UMA = Upper Memory Area.
UMB = Upper Memory Block.
UNC = Universal Naming Convention.
UNIX = Multi-User Network Operating System.
UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply.
URL = Uniform Resource Locator.
USB = Universal Serial Bus.
USENET = USEr NETwork (newsgroups).
UUE = Uniform Resource Locator UNIX Encoded.
UUENCODE = Unix to Unix Encoding.
V
V90 =
VBE = VESA BIOS Extensions.
VBI = Vertical Blanking Interval.
VCPI = Virtual Control Program Interface.
VESA = Video Electronics Standards Association.
VFAT = Virtual File Allocation Table.
VfW = Video for Windows.
VGA = Video Graphics Array standard.
VHF = Very High Frequency.
VIS = Visual Image Size.
VLB = VESA Local Bus.
VMM = Virtual Memory Manager.
VoIP = Voice over Internet protocol.
VPN = Virtual Private Network.
VR = Virtual Reality.
VRAM = Video Random Access Memory.
VRM = Voltage Regulator Module.
VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling Language.
VXD = Virtual eXtended memory device Driver.
W
W3C = World Wide Web Consortium.
WAN = Wide Area Network.
WAP = Wireless Application Protocol (GSM).
WAR = Wide Aspect Ratio display.
WDM = Win32 Driver Model.
WfWG = Windows for WorkGroups 3.1x.
Win31 = Windows 3.1x/Windows 3.x.
Win32 = Windows 32bit OS.
Win32s = Windows 32bit extensions for Windows 3.1x 16bit.
Win95 = Windows 95 (4.00.950).
Win98 = Windows 98 (4.10.1998).
WinNT = Windows NT.
WIP = Web Interoperability Pledge.
WMF = Microsoft Windows MetaFile.
WPG = WordPerfect Graphic file.
WRAM = Windows Random Access Memory.
WWIF = World Wide InterFace.
WWW = World Wide Web.
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get.
X
x2 = U. S. Robotics 56 kbps analog modem transfer standard.
X86 = Intel X86 processor family compatible.
XML = EXtensible Markup Language (W3C).
XMM = EXtended Memory Manager.
XMS = EXtended Memory Specifications.
XT = EXtended Technology.
XVGA = EXtended Video Graphics Array.
Y
Y2K = The Year 2000 Bug.
Yahoo = Internet search engine.
Z
ZIF = Zero Insertion Force.