CET1171 Acronyms

Take the online Acronym Spelling Test Now!(disabled between semesters)

Industry Acronyms Study Guide

----Start Copy and Paste----
AGP____________________________________________________________________________

AMD____________________________________________________________________________

AMR____________________________________________________________________________

ANSI___________________________________________________________________________

APM____________________________________________________________________________

ASCII__________________________________________________________________________

AT_____________________________________________________________________________

ATA____________________________________________________________________________

ATAPI__________________________________________________________________________

ATX____________________________________________________________________________

BIOS___________________________________________________________________________

CD-ROM_________________________________________________________________________

CHS____________________________________________________________________________

CMOS___________________________________________________________________________

CNR____________________________________________________________________________

COM____________________________________________________________________________

CPU____________________________________________________________________________

CRC____________________________________________________________________________

CRT____________________________________________________________________________

DBx____________________________________________________________________________

DIMM___________________________________________________________________________

DINx___________________________________________________________________________

DIP____________________________________________________________________________

DMA____________________________________________________________________________

DOS____________________________________________________________________________

DDR____________________________________________________________________________

DRAM___________________________________________________________________________

ECC____________________________________________________________________________

EDC____________________________________________________________________________

EDO____________________________________________________________________________

EEPROM_________________________________________________________________________

EIDE___________________________________________________________________________

EISA___________________________________________________________________________

ESD____________________________________________________________________________

ESDI___________________________________________________________________________

ESCD___________________________________________________________________________

FAT____________________________________________________________________________

FDC____________________________________________________________________________

FDD____________________________________________________________________________

FPM____________________________________________________________________________

FPU____________________________________________________________________________

FRU____________________________________________________________________________

FSB____________________________________________________________________________

GB_____________________________________________________________________________

GHz____________________________________________________________________________

GUI____________________________________________________________________________

HDD____________________________________________________________________________

HMA____________________________________________________________________________

Hz_____________________________________________________________________________

IC_____________________________________________________________________________

IDE____________________________________________________________________________

I/O____________________________________________________________________________

IRQ____________________________________________________________________________

ISA____________________________________________________________________________

KB_____________________________________________________________________________

Kb_____________________________________________________________________________

LED____________________________________________________________________________

LPT____________________________________________________________________________

MB_____________________________________________________________________________

Mb_____________________________________________________________________________

MBR____________________________________________________________________________

MCA____________________________________________________________________________

MHz____________________________________________________________________________

NIC____________________________________________________________________________

NVRAM__________________________________________________________________________

OEM____________________________________________________________________________

OS_____________________________________________________________________________

PCI____________________________________________________________________________

POST___________________________________________________________________________

RAM____________________________________________________________________________

RDRAM__________________________________________________________________________

RIMM___________________________________________________________________________

RJ-11__________________________________________________________________________

RJ-45__________________________________________________________________________

RMA____________________________________________________________________________

ROM____________________________________________________________________________

RS-232_________________________________________________________________________

RTC____________________________________________________________________________

SDRAM__________________________________________________________________________

SIMM___________________________________________________________________________

SIPP___________________________________________________________________________

SMM____________________________________________________________________________

SPDIF__________________________________________________________________________

SRAM___________________________________________________________________________

SVGA___________________________________________________________________________

TB_____________________________________________________________________________

UMA____________________________________________________________________________

UMB____________________________________________________________________________

VESA___________________________________________________________________________

VGA____________________________________________________________________________

XMS____________________________________________________________________________

----End Copy and Paste----

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!

----Start Copy and Paste----
bit____________________________________________________________________________

bps____________________________________________________________________________

bus____________________________________________________________________________

byte___________________________________________________________________________

cache__________________________________________________________________________

chipset________________________________________________________________________

codec__________________________________________________________________________

computer_______________________________________________________________________

motherboard____________________________________________________________________

parity_________________________________________________________________________

power supply___________________________________________________________________

proprietary____________________________________________________________________

protected mode_________________________________________________________________

register_______________________________________________________________________

real mode______________________________________________________________________

----End Copy and Paste----
Back to the CET1171 Students Home Page

Copyright©2000-2008 Brian Robinson ALL RIGHTS RESERVED