Index[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] A+ (defined) abbreviations, list of 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd abend (defined) ABIT Computer contact information absolute address defined AC (alternating current) 2nd AC adapter 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th AC adapters speakers AC97 integrated audio 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Accelerated Graphics Port buses. [See AGP buses] accelerator board defined access light (defined) access time defined access time (hard drives) 2nd acclimating to temperatures (hard disk drives) accumulator defined aCD-R (CD-recordable) Acer tech support 2nd Acer America contact information acoustic couplers (modems) 2nd ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)" "power management Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)" 2nd ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) Acrobat acronyms ADCs (analog-to-digital converters) ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) APIs (application programming interfaces) CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) DACs (digital-to-analog converters) db (decibels) DBB (dynamic bass boost) DDWG (Digital Display Working Group) HRTF (Head Related Transfer Function) Hz (Hertz) 2nd IMA (Interactive Multimedia Association) MMX (multimedia extensions) 2nd MPEG (Motion Pictures Experts Group) SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) acronyms, list of 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd acronyns PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) ACS Computer Services' LaptopBIOS repair/recovery service active high (defined) active low (defined) active matrix (defined) active partition (defined) active-matrix LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Active@ UNDELETE 2nd actuator defined Adaptec contact information adapter defined adapter cards troubleshooting 2nd adapters AC adapter 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th AC adapters speakers airline adapters 2nd ATA drive adapters audio adapters (sound cards) 3D audio 2nd 3rd 4th 5th data compression 2nd 3rd DirectX drivers 2nd DVD support 2nd frequency response quality factors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th sampling 2nd 3rd SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) sound properties 2nd 3rd speaker connections total harmonic distortion troubleshooting 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th volume control 2nd auto/air adapters 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th automobile adapters 2nd data transfer adapters DC adapter 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th digital phone system adapters 2nd 3rd international adapters 2nd international phone adapters 2nd 3rd SCSI adapters 2nd Type II PC Card adapters Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2nd 3rd 4th USB/FireWire cable adapters video adapters 24-bit mode 32-bit mode 3D graphics accelerators 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th APIs (application programming interfaces) components (listing of) 2nd configuring desktop video boards 2nd 3rd graphics chip 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th multiple monitor support 2nd 3rd 4th testing video BIOS 2nd video capture devices 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th video drivers 2nd video RAM (random access memory) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Y adapter Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) ADCs (analog-to-digital converters) adding memory 2nd 3rd 4th 5th address defined address bus (defined) addresses absolute address defined base address (defined) Adobe Acrobat ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) Advanced Communication Riser (ACR) Advanced Computer Services Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Advanced Micro Device (AMD) Advanced Power Management (APM) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th AFC media 2nd 3rd aftermarket diagnostic software AGP buses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Ahead's Nero Burning ROM with InCD air filters (hard disk drives) 2nd 3rd 4th air travel power connections airline adapters 2nd airport X-ray machines 2nd 3rd 4th 5th algorithms ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) aliasing (defined) Alienware contact information tech support 2nd all points addressable (APA) defined all-in-one systems Allied Electronics alpha blending alphanumeric characters defined Alps keyboards Altech 2nd alternating current (AC) 2nd altitude range (for operating) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Always On power scheme Amazon.com contact information AMD 3DNow! technology 2nd 3rd chipsets AMD-750 AMD-760 2nd 3rd VIA Apollo KN133 2nd 3rd VIA KN266 2nd 3rd 4th contact information PowerNow! technology AMD (Advanced Micro Device) AMD Athlon XP-M processor AMD processors Athlon 2nd 3rd 4th Athlon 64 2nd Athlon XP 2nd 3rd 4th Athlon XP-M 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Duron 2nd K6-Series 2nd 3rd 4th Sempron 2nd Turion 64 2nd 3rd America Online contact information American Megatrends contact information American Power Conversion contact information 2nd American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Wire Gauge (AWG) AMIDiag Suite software ampere (defined) amplitude AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) defined Amrel analog (defined) Analog Devices analog loopback modem self-test analog meters analog protection system (APS) (DVDs) 2nd analog signals (defined) analog TV projectors 2nd analog VGA connections 2nd 3rd 4th 5th analog-to-digital converter (defined) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) AND gate defined AND logical operator animation defined anisotropic filtering answer mode (defined) antialiasing full-screen antialiasing (defined) antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) media 2nd 3rd antistatic mat (defined) antitheft measures 2nd 3rd antivirus software 2nd defined antivirus utilities 2nd 3rd Anvil Case Anvil Cases APA (all points addressable) defined APIs (application programming interfaces) APM (Advanced Power Management) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Apple PowerBook 100 QuickTime Pro Apple Computer contact information Apple PowerBook 100 2nd 3rd application defined application programming interfaces (APIs) arbitration (defined) archive bit (defined) archive file defined archive medium (defined) areal density (defined) areal density (hard drives) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Arima 2nd Arkon Resources ASCII characters defined Ashton Digital Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP) ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) aspect ratio (defined) aspect ratio (screen) 2nd 3rd assemble (defined) assembler language (defined) assigning drive letter XE letters, assigning to drives DOS XE letters, assigning to drives Windows 9x/Me's Windows 9x/Me assigning drive letters 2nd DOS 2nd 3rd 4th Windows 9x/Me 2nd 3rd Windows NT/2000/XP 2nd Asus Asus Computer contact information ASUSTeK asymmetrical modulation (defined) AT clock (defined) AT command set (modems) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th ATA (AT Attachment) interface removable media drives ATA (IDE) interface (hard disk drives) ATA-1 2nd 3rd ATA-2 2nd ATA-3 2nd ATA/ATAPI-4 2nd 3rd ATA/ATAPI-5 2nd ATA/ATAPI-6 2nd 3rd ATA/ATAPI-7 2nd cables 2nd 3rd 4th 5th capacity limitations 2nd 3rd CHS (cylinder, head, sector) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th commands 2nd 3rd 4th connectors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th dual-drive configurations 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th LBA (logical block address) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th overview 2nd 3rd 4th 5th sector addressing 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th standards 2nd 3rd 4th 5th transfer modes DMA mode 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th PIO mode 2nd 3rd ATA drive cables ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) (hard disk drives) 2nd 3rd 4th ATAPI (ATA Packet Interface)(hard disk drives) 2nd 3rd 4th Athlon 64 Mobile Processor (AMD) 2nd Athlon Mobile Processors (AMD) 2nd 3rd 4th Athlon processors Athlon 64 processor 2nd defined features Athlon XP Mobile Processors (AMD) 2nd 3rd 4th Athlon XP-M Mobile Processors (AMD) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Athlon XP-M processor ATI A-Link architecture ATI Technologies, Inc. contact information ATIP (Asian Technology Information Program) attribute byte (defined) ATX defined audio 3D audio DirectX support 2nd positional audio processing 2nd AC97 integrated audio 2nd 3rd 4th 5th defined microphones troubleshooting 2nd sampling 2nd 3rd 4th sound cards 3D audio 2nd 3rd 4th 5th connectors 2nd 3rd 4th data compression 2nd 3rd DirectX drivers 2nd DVD support 2nd 3rd 4th frequency response quality factors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th sampling 2nd 3rd 4th SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) sound properties 2nd 3rd speaker connections total harmonic distortion troubleshooting 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th volume control 2nd sound file resolutions 2nd 3rd 4th sound properties amplitude pitch 2nd speakers AC adapters built-in speakers DBB (dynamic bass boost) external speakers 2nd frequency response headphones magnetic shield sleep feature surround sound 2nd total harmonic distortion typical speaker setup 2nd volume control 2nd watts voice recognition microphones audio frequencies (defined) audio processors AC97 integrated audio Analog Devices C-Media Cirrus Logic Envy24 audio processor (VIA Technology) ESS Technology EV1938 audio processor (Creative) EV1958 audio processor (Creative) Intel HD Audio 2nd RealTek Audio/Modem Riser (AMR) defined auto-answer feature (modems) auto-dial feature (modems) auto-disconnect feature (modems) auto-redial feature (modems) auto/air adapters 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th automatic head parking (defined) automatic head parking (hard disk drives) 2nd 3rd automobile adapters 2nd automobile stands 2nd available memory (defined) average access time (defined) average access time (hard drives) 2nd average latency (defined) average seek time (defined) average seek time (hard drives) 2nd 3rd 4th AWG (American Wire Gauge) |