A+ 220-801 Vocab Flashcards
AC
Alternating Current
ACL
Access Control List
ACPI
Advanced configuration power interface
ACT
Activity
ADSL
Asymmetrical digital subscriber line
AGP
Accelerated graphics port
AHCI
advanced host controller interface
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
APIPA
Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
APM
Advanced Power Managment
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ASR
Automated System Recovery
ATA
Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI
advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATM
Asynchroous Transfer Mode
ATX
Advanced Technology Extended
A/V
Audio Video
BIOS
Basic input/output System
BNC
Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector
BTX
Balanced Technology Extended
CAPTCHA
Completely Automatec Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CCFL
Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp
CD
Compact Disk
CD-ROM
Compact disc-read only memory
CR-RW
Compact Disk-Rewritable
CDFS
Compact Disk File System
CFS
Central File System, Common File System, Command File System
CMOS
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
CNR
Communications and Networking Riser
COMx
Communication port (x=port number)
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRIMM
Continuity Rambus Inline Memory Mode
CRT
Cathode-ray tube
DAC
Discressionary Access Control
DB-25
Serial Communications D-shell connector, 25 pin
DB-9
9 pin D shell connector
DC
Direct current
DDOS
Distributed Denial of Service
DDR
Double Data-Rate
DDR RAM
Double data rate random access memory
DDR SDRAM
double data rate synchronus dynamic random access memory
DFS
Distributed File System
DHCP
Dynamic host Configuration Protocol
DIMM
dual inline memory module
DIN
Deutsche Industrie Norm
DIP
Dual Inline Package
DLT
Digital Linear Tape
DLP
Digital Light Processing
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNS
Domain Name Service, or Domain name server
DOS
Denial of Service
DRAM
Dynamic Random access memory
DSL
Digital subscriber line
DVD
Digital video disk
DVD-RAM
DVD-random access memory
DVD-ROM
DVD-read only memory
DVD-R
DVD-recordable
DVD-RW
DVD-rewritable
DVI
Digital visual interface
ECC
Error correction code
ECP
Extended capabilities port
EEPROM
electrically erasable programmable read only memory
EFS
Encrypting File System
EIDE
enhanced integrated drive electronics
EMI
electromagnetic interference
EMP
electromagnetic pulse
EPROM
erasable programmable read-only memory
EPP
enhanced parallel port
ERD
emergency repair disk
ESD
electrostatic discharge
EVGA
extended video graphics adapter/array
EVDO
evolution data optimized or evolution data only