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MS MICRO SOFT
XP Extreme Programming
PC PERSNOL COMPUTER
CPU CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT

HARD DISK
HDD HARD DISK DRIVE
GB GIGA BYTE
KB KILO BYTE
MB MEGA BYTE
TB TERA BYTE
PB PETABYTE
EB EXA BYTE
YB YOTTA BYTE
ZB ZEETA BYTE
MBPS MEGA BYTE PER SECOND
DM DISK MANEGER
FDD FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

RAM
RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
ROM READ ONLY MEMORY
PROM PROGRAMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
EPROM ERASEABLE PROGRAMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
EEPROM Electrically ERASEABLE PROGRAMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
SRAM STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
DRAM Dynamic random access memory
DDR DOUBBLE DATA RATE
SDR SINGLE DATA RATE
NVRAN NON VOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
WRAM WINDOW RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
CAM Computer-aided manufacturing
VRAM VIDEO RAMDOM ACCESS MEMORY
EDORA M Extended Da ta Out RAM DOM A CCE SS MEMOR Y
MDRAM Multibank RAM RAMDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SGRAM Sync hr onous Gr aphics RAM DOM A CCE SS MEMOR Y
SDRA M Sync hr onous Dynamic RA MDOM A CCESS MEMOR Y
DR DRA M Dir ec t Ram bus RAM DOM A CCE SS MEMOR Y
PSRAM Pseudo sta tic RA MDOM A CCESS MEMOR Y
RLDRAM Reduced Latency RAMDOM ACCESS MEMORY
FPMRAM Fast page mode RAMDOM ACCESS MEMORY
AD RAM As ync hr onous RAM DOM A CCE SS MEMOR Y
MR AM Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory
NRA M Nano Random Access Memory
TTRAM Twin Transistor Random Access Memory
FE RAM Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
PRAM Phase-change Random Access Memory
SONOS Semiconductor-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Semiconductor

VGA VIDEO ADAPTER GRAPHICS

AGP ACCELERATED GRAPHIC ADAPTER OR Video Graphics Array
SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
QVGA Quarter Video Graphics Array
XGA eXtended Graphics Array
WXGA Wide eXtended Graphics Array
SXGA Super eXtended Graphics Array
LAN LOCAL AREA NETWORK
CD COMPECT DISK
DVD DIGITAL VIDEO DISK OR DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK
RW WRITER
BIOS BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM
DIMM DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE

PCI PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT

ISA INDUSTRY STANDARD ARCHITECTURE
USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
SATA SERIAL ATA CONNECTORS
ATX ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY EXTENDED
IDE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
ATAPI ATT ACHMENT P ACKET IN TERF ACE
SCSI SMALL COMPU TER SY ST EM I NTERF ACE
RAID REDUND ANT ARRA Y OF INDEP ENDENT DISK S
ADW ACCIDEN TAL D AMA GE WAR RANTY
DM A DIRECT MEMOR Y A CCESS
IR Q INT ERR UPT REQUES T
DOS DISK OPRA TING SY ST EM
ATA AN AL OG T ELE PHONY AD APTER
OR AN AL OG TE LEPHON E AD APT ER
NTFS NEW T ECHNOL OGY FIL E SY STEM
QVL QU ALIFIED VENDORS LIS T
APM AD VAN CED PO WER MAN AGEMEN T
LCP LOW PI N COUNT

INTE RN ET
WWW WORLD WIDE W EB
COM COMPONENT OBJECT MODEL
IS P INT ERNET S ER VISE PR OVIDOR
TLD TOP-L EVEL DOM AIN S
HTT P HYPER TEXT TRANSF ER P ROTOCO
HTML HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGU AGE,
GPRS GENERAL P ACKET RADIO SER VICE
GSM GL OB AL SY STEM MOBILE
MMS MUL TIMEDIA MES SA GING SER VICE

COMP UTER C OMP NIES

AM D AD VAN CE MICR O PR OCES SOR
INT EL INT EGRA TED ELECTR ONICS
IBM INT ERN ATION AL B USIN ESS MA CHINE S
LG LIFE S GOOD
HP HA WELIT P ACKERD

FIFO FIRST I N FIRST OU T

KBPWR KEYBO ARD P OWER
USBPWR USB PO WER
ATXPWR ATX PO WER
SBPWR ST ANDBY P OWER
CPR CPU P ARA ME TER REC ALL
RTC REAL T IME CL OCK

KEY B OARD
AL T AL TERN ATE
CTRL CONTR OL
F FUCTION
NUM NUMA RIC
ESC ESCAP