maynardvdm Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 (edited) Here on Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help we occasionaly use terms that may be unfamiliar to you, here is a description of acronyms and what they mean BIOS - Basic Input Output System BSOD - Blue Screen of Death CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CMOS - Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CPU - Central Processing Unit DDR SDRAM - Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory DIMM - Dual In-line Memory Module DOS - Disk Operating System DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory DVD - Digital Video Disk or Digital Versatile Disk EMI - Electro-Magnetic Interference EMP - Electro-Magnetic Pulse ERD - Emergency Recovery Disk EULA - End User License Agreement FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions FAT - File Allocation Table FTP - File Transfer Protocol FF - FireFox GUI - Graphical User Interface GPU - Graphics Processor Unit HDD - Hard Disk Drive LAN - Local Area Network LCD - Liquid Crystal Display LED - Light Emitting Diode Mbps - Megabytes per second MS - Microsoft Mobo - Motherboard MSN - Microsoft Network NIC - Network Interface Card NOS - Network Operating System NTFS - New Technology File System OS - Operating System OE - Outlook Express P2P - Peer To Peer POST - Power On Self Test POTS - Plain Old Telephone System RAM - Random Access Memory ROM - Read Only Memory SVGA - Super VGA USB - Universal Serial Bus VGA - Video Graphics Adapter Will add explanations later. Edited May 30, 2008 by maynardvdm Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. RaidMax Smilodon Gaming Case | Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H M/B | Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.4GHz | 8GB Corsair RAM | Nvidia GTX550 Ti 1GB GDDR5 | Corsair 800w PSU Register for FREE >>here<< | If we have helped you, please consider a donation >>here<< SAS | MBAM | WinPatrol | Avira | ERUNT | Nvidia Drivers http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/mjsmileys/userbarnew4sec.gif
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