Industry Acronyms Study Guide

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AC_______________________________________________________________________________


AHCI_____________________________________________________________________________


ALU______________________________________________________________________________


AMR______________________________________________________________________________


APIC_____________________________________________________________________________


ATC______________________________________________________________________________


BGA______________________________________________________________________________


CAV______________________________________________________________________________


CCD______________________________________________________________________________


CD_______________________________________________________________________________


CD-A_____________________________________________________________________________


CD-DA____________________________________________________________________________


CD-MO____________________________________________________________________________


CD-R_____________________________________________________________________________


CD-ROM___________________________________________________________________________


CD-ROM XA________________________________________________________________________


CD-RW____________________________________________________________________________


CLV______________________________________________________________________________


CLCC_____________________________________________________________________________


CNR______________________________________________________________________________


CQFP_____________________________________________________________________________


CRIMM____________________________________________________________________________


CSTN_____________________________________________________________________________


DAC______________________________________________________________________________


DACK_____________________________________________________________________________


DAO______________________________________________________________________________


DBR______________________________________________________________________________


DC_______________________________________________________________________________


DDR2_____________________________________________________________________________


DIB______________________________________________________________________________


DIP______________________________________________________________________________


DMA______________________________________________________________________________


DMI______________________________________________________________________________


DMM______________________________________________________________________________


DPMS_____________________________________________________________________________


DREQ_____________________________________________________________________________


DSDL(DVD)________________________________________________________________________


DSSL(DVD)________________________________________________________________________


DSTN_____________________________________________________________________________


DVD______________________________________________________________________________


DVD-R____________________________________________________________________________


DVD-RAM__________________________________________________________________________


DVD-ROM__________________________________________________________________________


DVD-RW___________________________________________________________________________


DVD-V____________________________________________________________________________


DVI______________________________________________________________________________


DVI-A____________________________________________________________________________


DVI-D____________________________________________________________________________


DVI-I____________________________________________________________________________


DVM______________________________________________________________________________


ECHS_____________________________________________________________________________


ECP______________________________________________________________________________


EDD______________________________________________________________________________


EHCI_____________________________________________________________________________


EIST_____________________________________________________________________________


EM64T____________________________________________________________________________


EPP______________________________________________________________________________


ESCD_____________________________________________________________________________


FC-LGA___________________________________________________________________________


FC-PGA___________________________________________________________________________


FIFO_____________________________________________________________________________


FRU______________________________________________________________________________


FSB______________________________________________________________________________


GPU______________________________________________________________________________


HDMi_____________________________________________________________________________


HPA______________________________________________________________________________


HT(AMD)__________________________________________________________________________


HT(Intel)________________________________________________________________________


IEEE_____________________________________________________________________________


IHS______________________________________________________________________________


KGP______________________________________________________________________________


LBA______________________________________________________________________________


LCD______________________________________________________________________________


LGA______________________________________________________________________________


LIF______________________________________________________________________________


MBR______________________________________________________________________________


mFC-PGA2_________________________________________________________________________


MIDI_____________________________________________________________________________


MMU______________________________________________________________________________


MP3______________________________________________________________________________


MPEG_____________________________________________________________________________


MPS______________________________________________________________________________


NRZI_____________________________________________________________________________


OHCI_____________________________________________________________________________


PAE______________________________________________________________________________


PATA_____________________________________________________________________________


PCMCIA___________________________________________________________________________


PGA______________________________________________________________________________


PIC______________________________________________________________________________


PIO______________________________________________________________________________


PLCC_____________________________________________________________________________


PNP______________________________________________________________________________


PQFP_____________________________________________________________________________


QDR______________________________________________________________________________


QXGA_____________________________________________________________________________


RAMDAC___________________________________________________________________________


RGB______________________________________________________________________________


RMS______________________________________________________________________________


RTS/CTS__________________________________________________________________________


SATA_____________________________________________________________________________


SCSI_____________________________________________________________________________


SC-242___________________________________________________________________________


SC-330___________________________________________________________________________


SECC_____________________________________________________________________________


SEPP_____________________________________________________________________________


SGRAM____________________________________________________________________________


SIMD_____________________________________________________________________________


SLI______________________________________________________________________________


SMART____________________________________________________________________________


SMP______________________________________________________________________________


SPGA_____________________________________________________________________________


SPDIF____________________________________________________________________________


SPP______________________________________________________________________________


SSDL(DVD)________________________________________________________________________


SSE______________________________________________________________________________


SSSL(DVD)________________________________________________________________________


STN______________________________________________________________________________


SXGA_____________________________________________________________________________


TAO______________________________________________________________________________


TFT______________________________________________________________________________


UART_____________________________________________________________________________


UDF______________________________________________________________________________


UDMA_____________________________________________________________________________


UHCI_____________________________________________________________________________


USB______________________________________________________________________________


UXGA_____________________________________________________________________________


VAC______________________________________________________________________________


VBR______________________________________________________________________________


VDC______________________________________________________________________________


VID______________________________________________________________________________


VRAM_____________________________________________________________________________


VRM______________________________________________________________________________


VT_______________________________________________________________________________


WOL______________________________________________________________________________


WOR______________________________________________________________________________


WXGA_____________________________________________________________________________


XD_______________________________________________________________________________


XGA______________________________________________________________________________


ZIF______________________________________________________________________________


ZVI______________________________________________________________________________


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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!

Important! Do not forget the acronyms from CET1171 ... You still need to know them in order to get certified and in order to be a professional PC technician!

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