Acronyms Spelled Out Flashcards
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AC,
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AC, Alternating Current
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ACL,
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ACL, Access Control List
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ACPI,
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ACPI, Advanced Configuration Power Interface
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ADF,
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ADF, Automatic Document Feeder
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ADSL,
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ADSL, Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
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AES,
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AES, Advanced Encryption Standard
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AHCI,
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AHCI, Advanced Host Controller Interface
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AP,
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AP, Access Point
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APIPA,
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APIPA, Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
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APM,
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APM, Advanced Power Management
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ARP,
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ARP, Address Resolution Protocol
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ASR,
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ASR, Automated System Recovery
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ATA,
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ATA, Advanced Technology Attachment
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ATAPI,
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ATAPI, Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
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ATM,
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ATM, Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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ATX,
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ATX, Advanced Technology Extended
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AUP,
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AUP, Acceptable Use Policy
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A/V,
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A/V, Audio Video
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BD-R,
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BD-R, Blu-ray Disc Recordable
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BIOS,
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BIOS, Basic Input/Output System
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BD-RE,
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BD-RE, Blu-ray Disc Rewritable
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BNC,
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BNC, Bayonet-Neill-Concelman
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BSOD,
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BSOD, Blue Screen of Death
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BYOD,
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BYOD, Bring Your Own Device
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CAD,
CAD, Computer-Aided Design
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CAPTCHA,
CAPTCHA, Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
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CD,
CD, Compact Disc
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CD-ROM,
CD-ROM, Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
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CD-RW,
CD-RW, Compact Disc-Rewritable
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CDFS,
CDFS, Compact Disc File System
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CERT,
CERT, Computer Emergency Response Team
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CFS,
CFS, Central File System or Common File System or Command File System
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CGA,
CGA, Computer Graphics and Applications
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CIDR,
CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing
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CIFS,
CIFS, Common Internet File System
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CMOS,
CMOS, Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
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CNR,
CNR, Communications and Networking Riser
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COMx,
COMx, Communication port (x=port number)
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CPU,
CPU, Central Processing Unit
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CRT,
CRT, Cathode-Ray Tube
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DaaS,
DaaS, Data as a Service
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DAC,
DAC, Discretionary Access Control
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DB-25,
DB-25, Serial Communications D-Shell Connector - 25 pins
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DB-9,
DB-9, Serial Communications D-Shell Connector - 9 pins
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DBaas,
DBaas, Database as a Service
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DC,
DC, Direct Current
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DDoS,
DDoS, Distributed Denial of Service
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DDR,
DDR, Double Data Rate
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DDR RAM,
DDR RAM, Double Data Rate Random Access Memory
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DFS,
DFS, Distributed File System
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DHCP,
DHCP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DIMM,
DIMM, Dual Inline Memory Module
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DIN,
DIN, Deutsche Industrie Norm
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DLT,
DLT, Digital Linear Tape
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DLP,
DLP, Digital Light Processing or Data Loss Prevention
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DMA,
DMA, Direct Memory Access
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DMZ,
DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
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DNS,
DNS, Domain Name Service or Domain Name Server
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DoS,
DoS, Denial of Service
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DRAM,
DRAM, Dynamic Random Access Memory
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DRM,
DRM, Digital Rights Management
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DSL,
DSL, Digital Subscriber Line
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DVD,
DVD, Digital Versatile Disc
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DVD-RAM,
DVD-RAM, Digital Versatile Disc-Random Access Memory
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DVD-ROM,
DVD-ROM, Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory
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DVD-R,
DVD-R, Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable
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DVD-RW,
DVD-RW, Digital Versatile Disc-Rewritable
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DVI,
DVI, Digital Visual Interface
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DVI-D,
DVI-D, Digital Visual Interface-Digital
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ECC,
ECC, Error Correcting Code
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ECP,
ECP, Extended Capabilities Port
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EEPROM,
EEPROM, Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
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EFS,
EFS, Encrypting File System
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EIDE,
EIDE, Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
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EMI,
EMI, Electromagnetic Interference
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EMP,
EMP, Electromagnetic Pulse
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EPROM,
EPROM, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
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EPP,
EPP, Enhanced Parallel Port
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ERD,
ERD, Emergency Repair Disk
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eSATA,
eSATA, External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
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ESD,
ESD, Electrostatic Discharge
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EULA,
EULA, End User License Agreement
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EVGA,
EVGA, Extended Video Graphics Adapter/Array
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Ext2,
Ext2, Second Extended File System
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exFAT,
exFAT, Extended File Allocation Table
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FAT,
FAT, File Allocation Table
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FAT12,
FAT12, 12-bit File Allocation Table
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FAT16,
FAT16, 16-bit File Allocation Table
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FAT32,
FAT32, 32-bit File Allocation Table
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FDD,
FDD, Floppy Disk Drive
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FPM,
FPM, Fast Page Mode
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FSB,
FSB, Front-Side Bus
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FTP,
FTP, File Transfer Protocol
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FQDN,
FQDN, Fully Qualified Domain Name
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GDDR,
GDDR, Graphics Double Data Rate
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GDI,
GDI, Graphics Device Interface
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GUI,
GUI, Graphical User Interface
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GUID,
GUID, Globally Unique Identifier
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GPS,
GPS, Global Positioning System
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GPT,
GPT, GUID Partition Table
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GPU,
GPU, Graphics Processing Unit
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GSM,
GSM, Global System for Mobile Communications
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HAL,
HAL, Hardware Abstraction Layer
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HAV,
HAV, Hardware Assisted Virtualization
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HCL,
HCL, Hardware Compatibility List
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HDCP,
HDCP, High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
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HDD,
HDD, Hard Disk Drive
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HDMI,
HDMI, High Definition Media Interface
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HIPS,
HIPS, Host Intrusion Prevention System
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HPFS,
HPFS, High Performance File System
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HTML,
HTML, Hypertext Markup Language
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HTPC,
HTPC, Home Theater PC
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HTTP,
HTTP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS,
HTTPS, Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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I/O,
I/O, Input/Output
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IaaS,
IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service
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ICMP,
ICMP, Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICR,
ICR, Intelligent Character Recognition
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IDE,
IDE, Integrated Drive Electronics
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IDS,
IDS, Intrusion Detection System
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IEEE,
IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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IIS,
IIS, Internet Information Services
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IMAP,
IMAP, Internet Mail Access Protocol
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IMEI,
IMEI, International Mobile Equipment Identity
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IMSI,
IMSI, International Mobile Subscriber Identity
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IP,
IP, Internet Protocol
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IPConfig,
IPConfig, Internet Protocol Configuration
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IPP,
IPP, Internet Printing Protocol
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IPS,
IPS, Intrusion Prevention System
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IPSec,
IPSec, Internet Protocol Security
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IR,
IR, Infrared
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IrDA,
IrDA, Infrared Data Association
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IRP,
IRP, Incident Response Plan
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IRQ,
IRQ, Interrupt Request
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ISA,
ISA, Industry Standard Architecture
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ISDN,
ISDN, Integrated Services Digital Network
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ISO,
ISO, International Organization for Standardization
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ISP,
ISP, Internet Service Provider
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JBOD,
JBOD, Just a Bunch of Disks
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KB,
KB, Knowledge Base
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KVM,
KVM, Kernel-based Virtual Machine
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KVM,
KVM, Keyboard-Video-Mouse
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LAN,
LAN, Local Area Network
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LBA,
LBA, Logical Block Addressing
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LC,
LC, Lucent Connector
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LCD,
LCD, Liquid Crystal Display
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LDAP,
LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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LED,
LED, Light Emitting Diode
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LPD/LPR,
LPD/LPR, Line Printer Daemon/Line Printer Remote
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LPT,
LPT, Line Printer Terminal
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LVD,
LVD, Low Voltage Differential
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MAC,
MAC, Media Access Control/Mandatory Access Control
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MAN,
MAN, Metropolitan Area Network
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MAPI,
MAPI, Messaging Application Programming Interface
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mATX,
mATX, Micro Advanced Technology Extended
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MAU,
MAU, Media Access Unit/Media Attachment Unit
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MBR,
MBR, Master Boot Record
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MBSA,
MBSA, Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
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MDM,
MDM, Mobile Device Management
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MFA,
MFA, Multifactor Authentication
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MFD,
MFD, Multifunction Device
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MFP,
MFP, Multifunction Product
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MicroDIMM,
MicroDIMM, Micro Dual Inline Memory Module
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MIDI,
MIDI, Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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MIME,
MIME, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
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MIMO,
MIMO, Multiple Input Multiple Output
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MMC,
MMC, Microsoft Management Console
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MP3,
MP3, Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio
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MP4,
MP4, Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 4
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MPEG,
MPEG, Moving Picture Experts Group
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MSConfig,
MSConfig, Microsoft Configuration
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MSDS,
MSDS, Material Safety Data Sheet
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MT-RJ,
MT-RJ, Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack
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MUI,
MUI, Multilingual User Interface
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NaaS,
NaaS, Network as a Service
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NAC,
NAC, Network Access Control
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NAS,
NAS, Network-Attached Storage
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NAT,
NAT, Network Address Translation
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NetBIOS,
NetBIOS, Networked Basic Input/Output System
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NetBEUI,
NetBEUI, Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface
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NFC,
NFC, Near Field Communication
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NFS,
NFS, Network File System
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NIC,
NIC, Network Interface Card
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NiCd,
NiCd, Nickel Cadmium
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NiMH,
NiMH, Nickel Metal Hydride
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NLX,
NLX, New Low-profile Extended
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NNTP,
NNTP, Network News Transfer Protocol
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NTFS,
NTFS, New Technology File System
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NTLDR,
NTLDR, New Technology Loader
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NTP,
NTP, Network Time Protocol
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NTSC,
NTSC, National Transmission Standards Committee
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NVMe,
NVMe, Non-volatile Memory Express
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OCR,
OCR, Optical Character Recognition
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OEM,
OEM, Original Equipment Manufacturer
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OLED,
OLED, Organic Light Emitting Diode
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OS,
OS, Operating System
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PaaS,
PaaS, Platform as a Service
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PAL,
PAL, Phase Alternating Line
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PAN,
PAN, Personal Area Network
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PAT,
PAT, Port Address Translation
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PC,
PC, Personal Computer
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PCI,
PCI, Peripheral Component Interconnect
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PCI,
PCI, Payment Card Industry
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PCIe,
PCIe, Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
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PCIX,
PCIX, Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
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PCL,
PCL, Printer Command Language
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PCMCIA,
PCMCIA, Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
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PE,
PE, Preinstallation Environment
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PGA,
PGA, Pin Grid Array
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PGA2,
PGA2, Pin Grid Array 2
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PGP,
PGP, Pretty Good Protection
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PII,
PII, Personally Identifiable Information
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PIN,
PIN, Personal Identification Number
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PHI,
PHI, Personal Health Information
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PKI,
PKI, Public Key Infrastructure
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PnP,
PnP, Plug and Play
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PoE,
PoE, Power over Ethernet
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POP3,
POP3, Post Office Protocol 3
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PoS,
PoS, Point of Sale
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POST,
POST, Power-On sSelf-tTest
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POTS,
POTS, Plain Old Telephone Service
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PPM,
PPM, Pages Per Minute
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PPP,
PPP, Point-to-Point Protocol
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PPTP,
PPTP, Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
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PRI,
PRI, Primary Rate Interface
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PROM,
PROM, Programmable Read-Only Memory
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PS/2,
PS/2, Personal System/2 connector
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PSTN,
PSTN, Public Switched Telephone Network
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PSU,
PSU, Power Supply Unit
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PVA,
PVA, Patterned Vertical Alignment
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PVC,
PVC, Permanent Virtual Circuit
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PXE,
PXE, Preboot Execution Environment
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QoS,
QoS, Quality of Service
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RADIUS,
RADIUS, Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server
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RAID,
RAID, Redundant Array of Independent (or inexpensive) Discs
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RAM,
RAM, Random Access Memory
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RAS,
RAS, Remote Access Service
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RDP,
RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol
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RF,
RF, Radio Frequency
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RFI,
RFI, Radio Frequency Interference
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RFID,
RFID, Radio Frequency Identification
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RGB,
RGB, Red Green Blue
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RIP,
RIP, Routing Information Protocol
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RIS,
RIS, Remote Installation Service
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RISC,
RISC, Reduced Instruction Set Computer
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RJ-11,
RJ-11, Registered Jack Function 11
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RJ-45,
RJ-45, Registered Jack Function 45
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RMA,
RMA, Returned Materials Authorization
249
ROM,
ROM, Read-Only Memory
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RPO,
RPO, Recovery Point Objective
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RTC,
RTC, Real-Time Clock
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RTO,
RTO, Recovery Time Objective
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SaaS,
SaaS, Software as a Service
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SAN,
SAN, Storage Area Network
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SAS,
SAS, Serial Attached SCSI
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SATA,
SATA, Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
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SC,
SC, Subscription Channel
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SCP,
SCP, Secure Copy Protection
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SCSI,
SCSI, Small Computer System Interface
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SCSI ID,
SCSI ID, Small Computer System Interface Identifier
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SD card,
SD card, Secure Digital Card
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SEC,
SEC, Single Edge Connector
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SFC,
SFC, System File Checker
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SFF,
SFF, Small Form Factor
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SFTP,
SFTP, Secure File Transfer Protocol
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SIM,
SIM, Subscriber Identity Module
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SIMM,
SIMM, Single In-Line Memory Module
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SLI,
SLI, Scalable Link Interface or System Level Integration or Scanline Interleave Mode
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S.M.A.R.T.,
S.M.A.R.T., Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
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SMB,
SMB, Server Message Block
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SMTP,
SMTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SNMP,
SNMP, Simple Network Management Protocol
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SoDIMM,
SoDIMM, Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
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SOHO,
SOHO, Small Office/Home Office
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SP,
SP, Service Pack
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SPDI,
SPDI, Sony-Philips Digital Interface Format
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SPGA,
SPGA, Staggered Pin Grid Array
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SRAM,
SRAM, Static Random Access Memory
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SSD,
SSD, Solid State Drive
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SSH,
SSH, Secure Shell
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SSID,
SSID, Service Set Identifier
282
SSL,
SSL, Secure Sockets Layer
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SSO,
SSO, Single Sign-on
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ST,
ST, Straight Tip
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STP,
STP, Shielded Twisted Pair
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SXGA,
SXGA, Super Extended Graphics Array
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TACACS,
TACACS, Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System
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TCP,
TCP, Transmission Control Protocol
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TCP/IP,
TCP/IP, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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TDR,
TDR, Time Domain Reflectometer
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TFTP,
TFTP, Trivial File Transfer Protocol
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TKIP,
TKIP, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
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TLS,
TLS, Transport Layer Security
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TN,
TN, Twisted Nematic
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TPM,
TPM, Trusted Platform Module
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UAC,
UAC, User Account Control
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UDF,
UDF, User Defined Functions or Universal Disk Format or Universal Data Format
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UDP,
UDP, User Datagram Protocol
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UEFI,
UEFI, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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UNC,
UNC, Universal Naming Convention
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UPnP,
UPnP, Universal Plug and Play
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UPS,
UPS, Uninterruptible Power Supply
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URL,
URL, Uniform Resource Locator
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USB,
USB, Universal Serial Bus
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USMT,
USMT, User State Migration Tool
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UTM,
UTM, Unified Threat Management
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UTP,
UTP, Unshielded Twisted Pair
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UXGA,
UXGA, Ultra Extended Graphics Array
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VA,
VA, Vertical Alignment
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VDC,
VDC, Volts DC
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VDI,
VDI, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
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VESA,
VESA, Video Electronics Standards Association
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VFAT,
VFAT, Virtual File Allocation Table
314
VGA,
VGA, Video Graphics Array
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VLAN,
VLAN, Virtual LAN
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VM,
VM, Virtual Machine
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VNC,
VNC, Virtual Network Computer
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VoIP,
VoIP, Voice over Internet Protocol
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VPN,
VPN, Virtual Private Network
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VRAM,
VRAM, Video Random Access Memory
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WAN,
WAN, Wide Area Network
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WAP,
WAP, Wireless Access Protocol/Wireless Access Point
323
WEP,
WEP, Wired Equivalent Privacy
324
WIFI,
WIFI, Wireless Fidelity
325
WINS,
WINS, Windows Internet Name Service
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WLAN,
WLAN, Wireless Local Area Network
327
WMN,
WMN, Wireless Mesh Network
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WPA,
WPA, Wireless Protected Access
329
WPA2,
WPA2, WiFi Protected Access 2
330
WPS,
WPS, WiFi Protected Setup
331
WUXGA,
WUXGA, Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array
332
WWAN,
WWAN, Wireless Wide Area Network
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XGA,
XGA, Extended Graphics Array
334
ZIF,
ZIF, Zero-Insertion-Force
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ZIP,
ZIP, Zigzag Inline Package
