A

a-Si (hydrogenated amorphour silicon)

ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer)

ACL (access control list)

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

ACR (advanced communications riser )

ADC ( analog-to-digital converter)

ADPCM (adaptive differential pulse code modulation)

ADR (advanced digital recording)

ADSL (asymmetric DSL)

AFC (antiferromagnetically coupled )

AGC (automatic gain control)

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)

AHA (accelerated hub architecture)

AHRA (Audio Home Recording Act)

AIT (advanced intelligent tape)

ALDC (advanced lossless data compression)

ALi (Acer Laboratories, Inc.)

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)

AMI (American Megatrends, Inc.)

AMR (anistropic magneto-resistant)

AMR (audio modem riser)

ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

API (Application Programming Interface)

APIC (advanced programmable interrupt controller)

APM (Advanced Power Management)

APS (analog protection system)

ARLL (advanced run length limited)

ASP (Authorized Service Provider)

ASPI (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface)

AT (Advanced Technology)

ATA (AT Attachment)

ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface)

ATF (auto tracking following)

AWG (American Wire Gauge)

B

BASIC (beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code)

BBSs (bulletin board systems)

BBUL (bumpless build-up layer)

BEDO RAM (burst extended data out RAM)

BF (bus frequency)

BiCMOS (bipolar complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)

BIOS (basic input/output system)

BLER (block error rate)

BOOTP (bootstrap protocol)

BRI (basic rate interface)

BSOD (blue screen of death)

BTB (branch target buffer)

BURN-Proof (Buffer Under-RuN error Proof)

C

CAB (cabinet file)

CAM (common access method)

CAM ATA (Common Access Method AT Attachment)

CAP (carrierless amplitude/phase)

CAS (column address strobe)

CAT (category)

CATV (community access television)

CCITT (Comite Consultatif International Telephonique et Telegraphique)

CD (compact disc)

CD-DA (compact disc digital audio)

CD-MO (compact disc magneto-optical)

CD-R (compact disc-recordable)

CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory)

CD-RW (compact disc-rewritable)

CDMA (code-division multiple access)

CDSL (consumer DSL)

CERN (Organisation Europen pour la Recherche Nuclaire, or European Organization for Nuclear Research)

CF (compact flash)

CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)

CGA ( color graphics adapter)

CHAP (Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol)

CHS (cylinder head sector)

CIRC (cross- interleave Reed-Solomon code)

CISC (complex instruction set computer)

CLKMUL (clock multiplier )

CLV (constant linear velocity)

CMYK (cyan magenta yellow black)

CNR (Communications and Networking Riser)

COC (chip on ceramic)

CPU (central processing unit)

CRC (cyclical redundancy checking)

CRT ( cathode -ray tube)

CS (cable select)

CS (central switch)

CSA (Canadian Standards Agency)

CSEL (cable select)

CSMA/CD (carrier sense multiple access/collision detect)

CSS (contact start stop)

CSS (content scramble system)

CTFT (color thin film transistor )

D

DAC (digital-to-analog converter)

DAE (digital audio extraction)

DASD (direct access storage device)

DASP (drive action/slave present)

DAT (digital audio tape)

db (decibel)

DBB (dynamic bass boost)

DBR (DOS boot record)

DCC (direct cable connection)

DDMA (Distributed DMA)

DDR SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM)

DDS (digital data storage)

DDWG (Digital Display Working Group)

DFP (digital flat panel)

DFT (drive fitness test)

DIB (dual independent bus)

DIMM (dual inline memory module)

DIN (Deutsches Institut fr Normung e.V.)

DIP (dual inline package)

DIVX (Digital Video Express)

DLT (digital linear tape)

DMA (direct memory access)

DMM (digital multimeter)

DMT (discrete multitone )

DOCSIS (data over cable service interface specifications)

DOS (disk operating system)

DPMI (DOS protected mode interface)

DPMS (display power-management signaling)

DRAM (dynamic RAM)

DSK (Dvorak simplified keyboard)

DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)

DSLAM (DSL access multiplier )

DSP (digital signal processor)

DSTN (Double-layer SuperTwist Nematic) LCD

DVD (digital versatile disc)

DVD-R (DVD-recordable)

DVD+RW (DVD phase change rewritable)

DVI (Digital Video Interactive)

DVI (Digital Visual Interface)