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Learn every single acronym in the exam for comptia,

1
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

AC

A

Alternating Current

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IDS

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Intrusion Detection System

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What does this acronym stand for?

ACL

A

Acess Control List

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What does this acronym stand for?

ACPI

A

Advanced Configuration Power Interface

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IEEE

A

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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What does this acronym stand for?

ACT

A

activity

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5
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What does this acronym stand for?

ADSL

A

asymmetrical digital subscriber line

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IIS

A

Internet Information Services

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What does this acronym stand for?

AGP

A

accelerated graphics port

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IMAP

A

internet mail access protocol

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What does this acronym stand for?

AHCI

A

Advanced host controller interface

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IP

A

internet protocol

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What does this acronym stand for?

AMD

A

advanced micro devices

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IPCONFIG

A

internet protocol configuration

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What does this acronym stand for?

APIPA

A

automatic private internet protocol addressing

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13
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What does this acronym stand for?

APM

A

advanced power management

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IPP

A

internet printing protocol

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15
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What does this acronym stand for?

ARP

A

address resolution protocol

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15
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IPSEC

A

internet protocol security

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17
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What does this acronym stand for?

ASR

A

automated system recovery

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IR

A

infrared

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19
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What does this acronym stand for?

ATA

A

advanced technology attachment

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IrDA

A

Infrared Data Association

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21
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What does this acronym stand for?

ATAPI

A

advanced technology attachment packet interface

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21
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IRQ

A

interrupt request

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ISA

A

industry standard architecture

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23
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What does this acronym stand for?

ATM

A

asynchronous transfer mode

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24
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ISDN

A

intergrated services digital network

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25
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What does this acronym stand for?

ATX

A

advanced technology extended

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26
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ISO

A

industry standards organization

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27
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What does this acronym stand for?

A/V

A

Audio Video

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28
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ISP

A

internet service provider

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29
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What does this acronym stand for?

BIOS

A

basic input/output system

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30
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JBOD

A

just a bunch of disks

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31
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What does this acronym stand for?

BNC

A

Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Naval Connector

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Kb

A

kilobit

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33
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What does this acronym stand for?

BTX

A

balanced technology extended

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34
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KB

A

Kilobyte or knowledge base

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35
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What does this acronym stand for?

CAPTCHA

A

Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart

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LAN

A

local area network

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37
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What does this acronym stand for?

CCFL

A

Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp

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LBA

A

logical block addressing

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39
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

CD

A

compact disc

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40
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LC

A

Lucent connector

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41
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What does this acronym stand for?

CD-ROM

A

compact disc-read-only memory

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LCD

A

liquid crystal display

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43
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

CD-RW

A

compact disc-rewritable

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LDAP

A

lightweight directory access protocol

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45
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

CDFS

A

compact disc file system

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46
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LED

A

light emitting diode

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47
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

CFS

A

Central File System, Common File System, Command File System

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48
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Li-on

A

lithium-ion

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49
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

CMOS

A

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

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50
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What does this acronym stand for?

CNR

A

Communications and Networking Riser

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50
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LPD/LPR

A

line printer daemon / line printer remote

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52
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

COMx

A

communication port (x=port number)

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52
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LPT

A

line printer terminal

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54
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

CPU

A

central processing unit

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54
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LVD

A

low voltage differential

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56
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What does this acronym stand for?

CRIMM

A

Continuity Rambus Inline Memory Mode

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56
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MAC

A

media access control / mandatory access control

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58
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

CRT

A

cathode-ray tube

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58
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MAPI

A

messaging application programming interface

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60
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DAC

A

discretionary access control

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60
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MAU

A

media access unit, media attachment unit

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62
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DB-25

A

serial communications D-shell connector, 25 pins

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62
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Mb

A

megabit

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64
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DB-9

A

9 pin D shell connector

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MB

A

megabyte

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66
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DC

A

direct current

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66
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MBR

A

master boot record

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68
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DDOS

A

distributed denial of service

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68
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MBSA

A

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

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70
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DDR

A

double data-rate

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70
Q

MFD

A

multi-function device

72
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DDR RAM

A

double data-rate random access memory

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MFP

A

multi-function product

74
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DDR SDRAM

A

double data-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory

74
Q

MHz

A

megahertz

76
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DFS

A

distributed file system

76
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MicroDIMM

A

micro dual inline memory module

78
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What does this acronym stand for?

DHCP

A

dynamic host configuration protocol

78
Q

MIDI

A

musical instrument digital interface

80
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DIMM

A

dual inline memory module

80
Q

MIME

A

multipurpose internet mail extension

82
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DIN

A

Deutsche Industrie Norm

82
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MIMO

A

Multiple Input Multiple Output

84
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DIP

A

dual inline package

84
Q

MMC

A

Microsoft management console

86
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DLT

A

digital linear tape

86
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MMX

A

multimedia extensions

88
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What does this acronym stand for?

DLP

A

digital light processing

88
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MP3

A

Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio

90
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DMA

A

direct memory access

90
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MP4

A

Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 4

92
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DMZ

A

demilitarized zone

92
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MPEG

A

Moving Picture Experts Group

94
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DNS

A

domain name service or domain name server

94
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MSCONFIG

A

Microsoft configuration

96
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DOS

A

denial of service

96
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MSDS

A

material safety data sheet

98
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What does this acronym stand for?

DRAM

A

dynamic random access memory

98
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MUI

A

multilingual user interface

100
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DSL

A

digital subscriber line

100
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NAC

A

network access control

102
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DVD

A

digital video disc or digital versatile disc

102
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NAS

A

network-attached storage

104
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DVD-RAM

A

digital video disc-random access memory

104
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NAT

A

network address translation

106
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DVD-ROM

A

digital video disc-read only memory

106
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NetBIOS

A

networked basic input/output system

108
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DVD-R

A

digital video disc-recordable

108
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NetBEUI

A

networked basic input/output system extended user interface

109
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NFS

A

network file system

110
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DVD-RW

A

digital video disc-rewritable

111
Q

NIC

A

network interface card

112
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

DVI

A

digital visual interface

113
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NiCd

A

nickel cadmium

114
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What does this acronym stand for?

ECC

A

error correction code

115
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NiMH

A

nickel metal hydride

116
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What does this acronym stand for?

ECP

A

extended capabilities port

117
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NLX

A

new low-profile extended

118
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

EEPROM

A

electrically erasable programmable read-only memory

119
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NNTP

A

network news transfer protocol

120
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

EFS

A

encrypting file system

121
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NTFS

A

new technology file system

122
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What does this acronym stand for?

EIDE

A

enhanced integrated drive electronics

123
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NTLDR

A

new technology loader

124
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What does this acronym stand for?

EMI

A

electromagnetic interference

125
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NTP

A

Network Time Protocol

126
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What does this acronym stand for?

EMP

A

electromagnetic pulse

127
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OCR

A

optical character recognition

128
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

EPROM

A

erasable programmable read-only memory

129
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OEM

A

original equipment manufacturer

130
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What does this acronym stand for?

EPP

A

enhanced parallel port

131
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OLED

A

Organic Light Emitting Diode

132
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What does this acronym stand for?

ERD

A

emergency repair disk

133
Q

OS

A

operating system

134
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

ESD

A

electrostatic discharge

135
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PAN

A

personal area network

136
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

EVGA

A

extended video graphics adapter/array

137
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What does this acronym stand for?

EVDO

A

evolution data optimized or evolution data only

137
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PATA

A

parallel advanced technology attachment

139
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

FAT

A

file allocation table

139
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PC

A

personal computer

141
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What does this acronym stand for?

FAT12

A

12-bit file allocation table

141
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PCI

A

peripheral component interconnect

143
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What does this acronym stand for?

FAT16

A

16-bit file allocation table

143
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PCIe

A

peripheral component interconnect express

145
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What does this acronym stand for?

FAT32

A

32-bit file allocation table

145
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PCIX

A

peripheral component interconnect extended

147
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

FDD

A

floppy disk drive

147
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PCL

A

printer control language

149
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

Fn

A

Function (referring to the function key on a laptop)

149
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PCMCIA

A

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

151
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What does this acronym stand for?

FPM

A

fast page-mode

151
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PDA

A

personal digital assistant

153
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

FRU

A

field replaceable unit

153
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PGA

A

pin grid array

155
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What does this acronym stand for?

FSB

A

Front Side Bus

155
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PGA2

A

pin grid array 2

157
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What does this acronym stand for?

FTP

A

file transfer protocol

157
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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

159
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What does this acronym stand for?

FQDN

A

fully qualified domain name

161
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What does this acronym stand for?

Gb

A

gigabit

163
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What does this acronym stand for?

GB

A

gigabyte

165
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

GDI

A

graphics device interface

167
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What does this acronym stand for?

GHz

A

gigahertz

169
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What does this acronym stand for?

GUI

A

graphical user interface

171
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What does this acronym stand for?

GPS

A

global positioning system

173
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What does this acronym stand for?

GSM

A

global system for mobile communications

175
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What does this acronym stand for?

HAL

A

hardware abstraction layer

177
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What does this acronym stand for?

HAV

A

Hardware Assisted Virtualization

179
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What does this acronym stand for?

HCL

A

hardware compatibility list

181
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What does this acronym stand for?

HDD

A

hard disk drive

183
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What does this acronym stand for?

HDMI

A

high definition media interface

185
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

HPFS

A

high performance file system

187
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

HTML

A

hypertext markup language

189
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

HTPC

A

Home theater PC

191
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

HTTP

A

hypertext transfer protocol

193
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

HTTPS

A

hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer

195
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

I/O

A

input/output

197
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

ICMP

A

internet control message protocol

199
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What does this acronym stand for?

ICR

A

intelligent character recognition

201
Q

What does this acronym stand for?

IDE

A

integrated drive electronics

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