Computer Terms

ADPCM – Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ARLL – Advanced Run-Length Limited
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
APL – A Programming Language
ADB – Apple Desktop Bus
API – Application Program Interface
ALU – Arithmetic-Logic Unit
AI – Artificial Intelligence
ARCnet – Attached Resource Computer network
BIOS – Basic Input/Output System
BCD - Binary Coded Decimal
BPS - Bits Per Second
BBS - Bulletin Board System
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
CD-ROM XA - CD-ROM eXtended Architecture
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CPI - Charter Per Inch
CPS - Characters Per Second
CGA - Color Graphics Adapter
CD - Compact Disk
CD-I - Compact Disk-Interactive
CMOS - Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computer
CAD - Computer-Aided Design
CADD - Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
CAI - Computer-Assisted Instruction
CBT - Computer-Based Training
CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile
CAV - Constant Linear Velosity
CLV - Constant Linear Velocity
CDEV - Control panel device
CPM - Critical Path Method
CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check
DBMS - DataBase Management System
DIF - Data Interchange Format(file)
DA - Desk Accessory
DTP - DeskTop Publishing
DASD - Direct Access Storage Device
DIP - Document Image Processing
dpi - dots per inch
DIP - Dual In-line Package
DDE - Dynamic Data Exchange
DRAM - Dynamic Ramdom-Acess Memory
EDI - Electronic Data Interchage
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript(file)
EEMS - Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EGA - Enhanced Graphics Adapter
ESDI - Enhanced System Device Interface
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EARN - European Academic Research Network
EMS - Expanded Memory Specification
EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code.
XGA - eXtended Graphics Array
EISA - Extended Industry Standard Architecture
XMS - eXtended Memory Specification
XCMD - eXternal CoMmanD
XCFN - eXternal function
ELF - Extremely Low-Frequency(emission)
EOF - End Of File
EOL - End Of Line
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FAT - File Allocation Table
FM - Frequency Modulation(recording)
GM - General MIDI
GUI - Graphical User Interface
Hz - Herz
MHz - MegaHerz
HP - Hewlett-Packard
HPPCL - Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language
HFS - Hierarchical File System
HMA- High Memory Area
ISA - Industry-Standard Architecture
I/O - Input/Output (redirection)
IDE - Intelligent Drive Electronics
IAC - Inter-Application Communication
IPC - InterProcess Communication
IRQ - Interrupt ReQuest
JCL - Job Control Language
k - kilobyte
LSI - Large-Scale Integration
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LAN - Local Area Network
LIM EMS - Lotus-Intel-Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification
MIS - Management Information System
MTBF - Mean Time Between Faiures
MCI - Media Control Interface
MCA - Micro Channel Architecture
MIPS - Million Instruction Per Second
ms - millisecond
MFM - Modified Frequency Modulation
MDA - Monochrome Display Adapter
MCGA - MultiColor Graphics Array
MPC - Multimedia Personal Computer
MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
NTSC - National Television Standards Commitee
NLQ - Near-Letter quality
NetBIOS - Network Basic Input/Output System
NOS - Network Operation System
OLE - Object Linking and Embedding
OOPS - Object-Oriented Programming System
OSI - Open System Interconnection(referece model)
OS/2 - Operating System 2
OCR - Optical Character recognition
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
PDL - Page Description Language
PMMU - Page Memory Management Unit
PIM - Personal Information Manager
POS - Point Of Sale
PIF - Program Information File
PROM - Programmable Read-Only Memory
PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
QIC - Quarter-inch Cartridge
QBE - Query By Example
RFI - Radiao Frequency Interference
RAM - Ramdom-Access Memory
ROM - Read Only Memory
RISC - Reduced instruction Set Computer
RDBMS - Relational Database Management System
RSI - Repetitive Strain Injury
RPG - Report Program Generator
RTF - Rich Text Format
RLL - Run-Length Limited
RIP - Raster Image Processor
SIMM - Single In-line Memory Module
SIP - Single In-line Pakage
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SIG - Special Interest Group
SQL - Structured Query Language
SAA- System Application Architecture
TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
TTY - TeleTYpe(Display)
TIGA - Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
tpi - tracks per inch
TSR - Terminate-and-Stay-resident(program)
PCL - Printer Control Language
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UAE - Unrecoverable Application Error
VAR - Value-Added Reseller
VDT - Video Display Terninal
VDU - Video Disply Unit
VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration
VGA - video Graphics Array
WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get
WMF - Windows Metafile Format
WORM - Write-Once, Read-Many