CALOOCAN CITY MANPOWER

TRAINING CENTER

COMPUTER HARDWARE
SERVICING NCIII

THE ACRONYMS
Computer terms and abbreviation formed from the initial
letters of other words and pronounced as a word
• AGP – Accelerated Graphic Port
• AT – Advanced Technology
• ATX – Advance Technology Extended
• AVR – Automatic Voltage Regulator
• BIOS – Basic Input Output System
• CD-R – Compact Disk Read Only
Memory
• CD-ROM – Compact Disk Read Only
Memory
• CD-RW – Compact Disk Rewritable
• CMOS – Complementary Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor
• CPU – Central Processing Unit
• DDR – Dual Data Rate
• DIMM – Double In-Line Memory
Module
• DRAM – Dynamic Random Access
Memory
• DSL – Digital Service Provider
• DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
• DVI – Digital Video Interconnect
• FAT32 – File Allocation Table – that uses
32 bits for addressing clusters. Commonly
used with Windows 98, and Windows ME
systems. Some Windows 2000
Professional system also use FAT32
although most use the more robust NTFS.
• IDE – Integrated Device Electronics
• IO – Input Output
• ISA – Industry Standard
Architecture/Attachment
• ISP – Internet Service Provider
• Kbps – Kilobits Per Second
• LAN – Local Area Network
• LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
• Mbps – Megabits Per Second
• MHz – Megahertz
• NTFS – New Technology File
System
• OEM – Original Equipment
Manufacture.
• PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
• PARTITION – A section of the storage area
of a hard disk. A partition is created
during initial preparation of the hard disk,
before the disk is formatted.
• Ping – Packet Internet Groper
• PIXEL – Picture element, in computer
graphics, the smallest element of display
space that can be independently assigned
color or intensity.
• PS/2 – Personal System 2
• PCB – Printed Circuit Board
• RAM – Random Access Memory
• RJ – Registered Jack
• RJ11 – Type of connector for four-wire
UTP, usually found in telephone
connections.
• RJ45 – Type of connector for eight-wire
UTP, usually found in network connection
and used for 10baseT and 100baseT
Networking
• ROM – Read Only Memory
• ROUTER – A device connecting separate
networks that forward a packet from one
network to another based on the network
address for the protocol being used.
• SDRAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory.
• SIMM – Single In-Line Memory Module
• STP – Shielded Twisted Pair
• SVGA – Super Video Graphics Array
• TCP/IP – Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol.
• UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
• USB – Universal Serial Bus
• UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair
• VGA – Video Graphic Array
• DLL – Dynamics Link Library
• ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
• CU – Control Unit
• SDU – Storage Device Unit
• PMU – Primary Memory Unit
• DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory.
• AMD – American device
• CNR – CONNECTION NETWORK R
• SATA – Serial Advanced Technology
• ADDS - Active Directory Domain Services
• DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• DNS - Domain Name System Attachment.

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• ADUC – ACTIVE DIRECTORY USERS AND COMPUTERS
• OU – ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT
• AU – AUTHENTICATED USER
• GPO – GROUP POLICY MANAGEMENT
• WSB – WINDOWS SERVER BACKUP
• DNS - DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM
• AC – ALTERNATING CURRENT
• DC – DIRECT CURRENT