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AC

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Alternating Current

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ACL

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Access Control List

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ACPI

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Advanced Configuration Power Interface

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ACT

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Activity

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ADSL

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Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

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AGP

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Accelerated Graphics Port

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AHCI

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Advanced Host Controller Interface

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AP

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Access Point

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APIPA

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Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

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APM

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Advanced Power Management

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol

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ASR

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Automated System Recovery

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ATA

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Advanced Technology Attachment

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ATAPI

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Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface

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ATM

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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ATX

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Advanced Technology Extended

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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A/V

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Audio Video

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BIOS

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Basic Input/ Output System

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BNC

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British Naval Connector

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BTX

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Balanced Technology Extended

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CAPTCHA

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Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart

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CCFL

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Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp

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CD

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Compact Disc

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CD-ROM

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Compact Disc - Read Only Memory

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CD-RW

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Compact Disc-Rewritable

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CFS

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Central File System

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CDFS

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Compact Disc File System

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CIFS

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Common Internet File System

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CMOS

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Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

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CNR

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Communications and Networking Riser

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COMx

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Communications Port (x=port number)

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CPU

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Central Processing Unit

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CRT

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Cathode Ray-Tube

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DAC

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Discretionary Access Control

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DB-25

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Serial Communications D-Shell Connector, 25 pins

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DB-9

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9-pin D-shell connector

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DC

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Direct Current

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DDOS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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DDR

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Double Data Rate

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DDR RAM

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Double Data-Rate Random Access Memory

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DDR SDRAM

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Double Data-Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

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DFS

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Distributed File System

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DHCP

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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45
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DIMM

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Dual Inline Memory Module

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DIN

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Deutsche Industrie Norm

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47
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DLT

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Digital Linear Tape

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48
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DLP

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Digital Light Processing

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DMA

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Direct Memory Access

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DMZ

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Demilitarized Zone

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DNS

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Domain Name Server

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DOS

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Denial of Service

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DRAM

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Dynamic Random Access Memory

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DRM

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Digital Rights Management

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DSL

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Digital Subscriber Line

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DVD

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Digital Video Disc

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DVD-RAM

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Digital Video Disc Random Access Memory

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DVD-ROM

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Digital Video Disc Read-Only Memory

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DVD-R

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Digital Video Disc-Recordable

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DVD-RW

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Digital Video Disc-Rewritable

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DVI

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Digital Visual Interface

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EAP

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Extensible Authentication Protocol

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ECC

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Error Correcting Code

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ECP

A

Extended Capabilities Port

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EEPROM

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Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

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EFS

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Encrypting File System

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EIDE

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Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

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EMI

A

Electromagnetic Interference

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EMP

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Electromagnetic Pulse

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EPROM

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Erasable programmable Read-Only Memory

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EPP

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Enhanced Parallel Port

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ERD

A

Emergency Repair Disk

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ESD

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Electro-static Discharge

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EULA

A

End User License Agreement

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EVGA

A

Extended Video Graphics Adapter

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EVDO

A

Evolution Data Optimized

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FAT

A

File Allocation Table

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FAT12

A

File Allocation Table 12-bit

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FAT16

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File Allocation Table 16-bit

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FAT32

A

File Allocation Table 32-bit

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FDD

A

Floppy Disk Drive

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Fn

A

Function

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FPM

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Fast Page Mode

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FRU

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Field Replaceable Unit

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85
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FSB

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Front Side Bus

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FTP

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File Transfer Protocol

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FQDN

A

Fully Qualified Domain Name

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Gb

A

Gigabit

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GB

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Gigabyte

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GDI

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Graphics Device Interface

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GHz

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GUI

A

Graphics User Interface

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GPS

A

Global Positioning System

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GSM

A

Global System for Mobile Communications

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HAL

A

Hardware Abstraction Layer

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HAV

A

Hardware Assisted Virtualization

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HCL

A

Hardware Compatibility List

98
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HDD

A

Hard Disk Drive

99
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HDMI

A

High Definition Media Interface

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HPFS

A

High Performance File System

101
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HTML

A

Hyper Text Markup Language

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HTPC

A

Home Theater Personal Computer

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HTTP

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

104
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HTTPS

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer

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I/O

A

Input/Output

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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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ICR

A

Intelligent Character Recognition

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IDE

A

Integrated Drive Electronics

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IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

110
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IEEE

A

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

111
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IIS

A

Internet Information Systems

112
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IMAP

A

Internet Mail Access Protocol

113
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IMEI

A

International Mobile Equipment Identity

114
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IMSI

A

International Mobile Subscriber Identity

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IP

A

Internet Protocol

116
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IPConfig

A

Internet Protocol Configuration

117
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IPP

A

Internet Printing Protocol

118
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IPS

A

In-Plane Switching

119
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IPSec

A

Internet Protocol Security

120
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IR

121
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IrDA

A

Infrared Data Association

122
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IRP

A

Incident Response Plan

123
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IRP

A

Incident Response Plan

124
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IRQ

A

Interrupt Request

125
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ISDN

A

Integrated Services Digital Network

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ISO

A

International Standards Organization

127
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ITX

A

Information Technology Extended

128
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ISP

A

Internet Service Provider

129
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JBOD

A

Just a Bunch of Disks

130
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Kb

131
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KB

A

Kilobyte or Knowledge Base

132
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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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LBA

A

Logical Block Addressing

134
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LC

A

Lucent Connector

135
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LCD

A

Liquid Crystal Display

136
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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

137
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LED

A

Light Emitting Diode

138
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Li-on

A

Lithium-ion

139
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LPD/LPR

A

Line Printing Daemon / Line Printer Remote

140
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LPT

A

Line Printer Terminal

141
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LVD

A

Low Voltage Differential

142
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MAC

A

Media Access Control

143
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MAPI

A

Messaging Application Programming Interface

144
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MAU

A

Media Access Unit

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Mb

146
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MB

147
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MBR

A

Master Boot Record

148
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MBSA

A

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

149
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MFD

A

Multi-Function Device

150
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MFP

A

Multi-Function Product

151
Q

MHz

152
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MicroDIMM

A

Micro Dual In-line Memory Module

153
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MIDI

A

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

154
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MIME

A

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

155
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MIMO

A

Multiple Input Multiple Output

156
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MMC

A

Microsoft Management Console

157
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MP3

A

Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio

158
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MP4

A

Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 4

159
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MPEG

A

Moving Picture Experts Group

160
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MSConfig

A

Microsoft Configuration

161
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MSDS

A

Material Safety Data Sheet

162
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MUI

A

Multilingual User Interface

163
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NAC

A

Network Access Control

164
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NAS

A

Network Attached Storage

165
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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

166
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NetBIOS

A

Networked Basic Input/Output System

167
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NetBEUI

A

Networked Basic Input/ Output System Extended User Interface

168
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NFS

A

Network File System

169
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NIC

A

Network Interface Card

170
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NiCd

A

Nickel Cadmium

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NiMH

A

Nickel Metal Hydride

172
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NLX

A

New Low-Profile Extended

173
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NNTP

A

Network News Transfer Protocol

174
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NTFS

A

New Technology File System

175
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NTLDR

A

New Technology Loader

176
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NTP

A

Network Time Protocol

177
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OCR

A

Optical Character Recognition

178
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OEM

A

Original Equipment Manufacturer

179
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OLED

A

Organic Light Emitting Diode

180
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OS

A

Operating System

181
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PAN

A

Personal Area Network

182
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PATA

A

Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment

183
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PC

A

Personal Computer

184
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PCI

A

Peripheral Component Interconnect

185
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PCIe

A

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

186
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PCIX

A

Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended

187
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PCL

A

Printer Control Language

188
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PCMCIA

A

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

189
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PE

A

Preinstallation Environment

190
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PEAP

A

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

191
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PGA

A

Pin Grid Array

192
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PGA2

A

Pin Grid Array 2

193
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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

194
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PIN

A

Personal Identification Number

195
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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

196
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PnP

A

Plug and Play

197
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POP3

A

Post Office Protocol 3

198
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PoS

A

Point of Sale

199
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POST

A

Power on Self Test

200
Q

POTS

A

Plain Old Telephone Service

201
Q

PPP

A

Point-to-Point Protocol

202
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PPTP

A

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

203
Q

PRI

A

Primary Rate Interface

204
Q

PROM

A

Programmable Read-only memory

205
Q

PS/2

A

Personal System/2 Connector

206
Q

PSTN

A

Public Switched Telephone Network

207
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PSU

A

Power Supply Unit

208
Q

PVC

A

Permanent Virtual Circuit

209
Q

PXE

A

Preboot Execution Environment

210
Q

QoS

A

Quality of Service

211
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RAID

A

Redundant Array of Independent Discs

212
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RAM

A

Random Access Memory

213
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RAS

A

Random Access Service

214
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RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

215
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RF

A

Radio Frequency

216
Q

RFI

A

Radio Frequency Interface

217
Q

RGB

A

Red, Green, Blue

218
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RIP

A

Routing Information Protocol

219
Q

RIS

A

Remote Installation Service

220
Q

RISC

A

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

221
Q

RJ-11

A

Registered Jack Function 11

222
Q

RJ-45

A

Registered Jack Function 45

223
Q

RMA

A

Returned Materials Authorization

224
Q

ROM

A

Read-Only Memory

225
Q

RTC

A

Real-Time Clock

226
Q

SAN

A

Storage Area Network

227
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SAS

A

Serial Attached SCSI

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