Industry Acronyms Study Guide

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ACPI_____________________________________________________________________________


AHCI_____________________________________________________________________________


AIT______________________________________________________________________________


APIC_____________________________________________________________________________


AUI______________________________________________________________________________


BGA______________________________________________________________________________


BTU______________________________________________________________________________


CSMA/CD__________________________________________________________________________


DAT______________________________________________________________________________


DCPS_____________________________________________________________________________


DFS______________________________________________________________________________


DHCP_____________________________________________________________________________


DLP______________________________________________________________________________


DLT______________________________________________________________________________


DNS______________________________________________________________________________


DQ_______________________________________________________________________________


DTR______________________________________________________________________________


ECC______________________________________________________________________________


EDC______________________________________________________________________________


EFS______________________________________________________________________________


EFM______________________________________________________________________________


EFMF_____________________________________________________________________________


EIA/TIA__________________________________________________________________________


EMI______________________________________________________________________________


EP_______________________________________________________________________________


FDDI_____________________________________________________________________________


FOCIS____________________________________________________________________________


FOIRL____________________________________________________________________________


FPT______________________________________________________________________________


GBIC_____________________________________________________________________________


GFS______________________________________________________________________________


GMCH_____________________________________________________________________________


HAL______________________________________________________________________________


HCL______________________________________________________________________________


HVD______________________________________________________________________________


HVPS_____________________________________________________________________________


I2O______________________________________________________________________________


ICH______________________________________________________________________________


ICR______________________________________________________________________________


IP_______________________________________________________________________________


IR_______________________________________________________________________________


IrDA_____________________________________________________________________________


ISO______________________________________________________________________________


JBOD_____________________________________________________________________________


KGCC_____________________________________________________________________________


KVM______________________________________________________________________________


LAN______________________________________________________________________________


LC_______________________________________________________________________________


LED______________________________________________________________________________


LLC______________________________________________________________________________


LOMMF____________________________________________________________________________


LPC______________________________________________________________________________


LPT______________________________________________________________________________


LQ_______________________________________________________________________________


LUN______________________________________________________________________________


LVD______________________________________________________________________________


MAC______________________________________________________________________________


MAN______________________________________________________________________________


MCH______________________________________________________________________________


MCR______________________________________________________________________________


MFD______________________________________________________________________________


MFP______________________________________________________________________________


MMF______________________________________________________________________________


MOV______________________________________________________________________________


MPS______________________________________________________________________________


MSDS_____________________________________________________________________________


MT-RJ____________________________________________________________________________


NAS______________________________________________________________________________


NIC______________________________________________________________________________


NFS______________________________________________________________________________


NLQ______________________________________________________________________________


OCR______________________________________________________________________________


OSI______________________________________________________________________________


PCI______________________________________________________________________________


PCIe_____________________________________________________________________________


PCI-X____________________________________________________________________________


PCL______________________________________________________________________________


PDL______________________________________________________________________________


PGP______________________________________________________________________________


PIIX_____________________________________________________________________________


POS______________________________________________________________________________


PXE______________________________________________________________________________


RAID_____________________________________________________________________________


RAS______________________________________________________________________________


RIS______________________________________________________________________________


RDRAM____________________________________________________________________________


RFI______________________________________________________________________________


RG_______________________________________________________________________________


RJ_______________________________________________________________________________


RIMM_____________________________________________________________________________


RPM______________________________________________________________________________


RSA______________________________________________________________________________


SAN______________________________________________________________________________


SAS______________________________________________________________________________


SC_______________________________________________________________________________


SCA______________________________________________________________________________


SCSI_____________________________________________________________________________


SE_______________________________________________________________________________


SFP______________________________________________________________________________


SIO______________________________________________________________________________


SMF______________________________________________________________________________


SMP______________________________________________________________________________


SPD______________________________________________________________________________


SPI______________________________________________________________________________


ST_______________________________________________________________________________


TCO______________________________________________________________________________


TCP(networking)__________________________________________________________________


TIM______________________________________________________________________________


UDMA_____________________________________________________________________________


UL_______________________________________________________________________________


UPS______________________________________________________________________________


UTP______________________________________________________________________________


WAN______________________________________________________________________________


WINS_____________________________________________________________________________


ZBR______________________________________________________________________________


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The student should Copy and Paste the above into a Notepad or Word document and print it. Most of the terms below are not actually acronyms, but some are contractions, you should know what words were contracted to create the terms. Then go online and find what each acronym spells out and fill it in on the lines provided. The student should then read a few definitions of each term and write out a definition on the back of a 3x5 card with the acronym on the front of the card. Then practice by shuffling your cards, then spell each one out and then define it. Then flip to the next card. When the student can go through the deck without difficulty a large part of the final exam is in the bag!