Abbreviations Flashcards
SATA
SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT
HDMI
HIGH DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE
USB
UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
FDD
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
SPDIF
SONY/PHILIPS DIGITAL INTERFACE FORMAT
VGA
VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY
S-VIDEO
SEPARATE VIDEO
HDD
HARD DISK DRIVE
DVI
DIGITAL VIDEO INTERFACE
CPU
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
PCB
PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD
SIMM
SINGLE IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE
DIMM
DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE
RIMM
RAMBUS IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE
SO DIMM
SMALL OUTLINE DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE
SO RIMM
SMALL OUTLINE RAMBUS IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE
SRAM
STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
DRAM
DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
FPM
FAST PAGE MODE
EDO
EXTENDED DATA OUT
SDRAM
SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
DDR SDRAM
DOUBLE DATA RATE SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
RDRAM
RAMBUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
VRAM
VIDEO RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
WRAM
WINDOW RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SGRAM
SYNCHRONOUS GRAPHICS RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
ESDRAM
ENHANCED SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
FCRAM
FAST CYCLE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SLDRAM
SYNCLINK DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
VCM
VIRTUAL CHANNEL MEMORY
ROM
READ-ONLY MEMORY
PROM
PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY
EPROM
ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY
EEPROM
ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY
DVD
DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC
UPS
UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY
SPS
STANDBY POWER SUPPLY
AVR
Automatic Voltage Regulator
PSU
Power Supply Unit
ALU
Arithmetic Logic Unit
CU
Control Unit
PGA
Pin Grid Array
LGA
Land Grid Array
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
LIF
Low Insertion Force
ZIF
Zero Insertion Force
IDE
INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS