AC                                           :                       alternating current
ALR                                         :                       Advanced Logic Research
ABM                                        :                       Atanasoft Berry Computer
ALU                                         :                       arithmetic logical unite
AT                                           :                       advanced technology
ATX                                         :                       advanced technology extended
AFT                                         :                       Automatic Fine Tuning
AF                                            :                       Audio Frequency
AM                                          :                       Amplitude Modulation
AGC                                         :                       Automatic Gain Control
AFC                                         :                       Automatic frequency control
AVC                                         :                       Automatic Volume Control
AVI                                          :                       Audio Video Grope
ATM                                        :                       Automated Teller Machine 
BHT                                         :                       Boosted High Tension
DNS                                         :                       Domain Name Server
DHCP                                       :                       Dynamic Host Configure Protocol
C/S                                           :                       Cycle per Second
CRT                                         :                       Cathode Rey Tube
CTV                                         :                       Color Television
CVT                                         :                       Constant Voltage Transformer
CDMA                                     :                       Code Division Multiple Access  
BIT                                          :                       Binary digit
BCC                                         :                       Blind Carbon Copy
BIOS                                        :                       Basic input output system
BPI                                          :                       Bytes per inch
CD                                           :                       compact disk
CC                                           :                       Carbon Copy
CD-ROM                                  :                       Compact disk read only memory
CD-RW                                    :                       Compact disk Re-writer
CPU                                         :                       central processing unite
CU                                           :                       control unite
COM.                                       :                       Commercial/Component Object Model
CMOS                                      :                       Complementary Metal Oxide semiconductor
CAD                                         :                       computer aided design
COBOL                                    :                       Common Business Oriented Language 
DC                                           :                       direct current
CGA                                         :                       coloured graphics adapter
DOS                                         :                       Disk operating system
DVD                                         :                       Digital video/versatile disk
DNS                                         :                       Domain Name Server
DRAM                                     :                       Dynamic RAM
ENIAC                                     :                       Electronic Numerical Integrator  
                                                                                      and Calculator
EDSAC                                    :                       Electronic Delay Storage AutomaticComputer
EDVAC                                    :                       Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic   
                                                                                      Computer                                          
E-commerce                             :                       Electronic commerce/business
E-mail                                      :                       Electronic mail
EICAS                                     :                       Engine Indicator and crew Alert system
EPROM                                   :                       Erasable programmable ROM
PROM                                      :                       programmable ROM
EGA                                         :                       enhanced graphics adapter
FM                                           :                       Frequency Modulation 
FDD                                         :                       floppy disk drive
FTP                                          :                       File Transfer Protocol
FMC                                        :                       Flight management computer
GB                                           :                       Giga Byte
GHz                                          :                       Giga hertz
GUI                                          :                       Graphical User Interface
HDD                                         :                       Hard disk drive
HTTP                                       :                       Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTML                                     :                       Hypertext Markup Language 
HLCIT                                     :                       High Commission for Information Technology
I/O                                           :                       Input/output
IBM                                         :                       International business machine
IC                                            :                       Integrated circuit
ISO                                          :                       international standard Organization
ISP                                           :                       Internet Service Provider
IP                                             :                       Internet Protocol
IT                                            :                       Information Technology 
CISC                                        :                       Complex Instruction set computer
JPEG                                       :                       Joint Photo Export Group
KB                                           :                       kilo byte
LAN                                         :                       local area connection
LSI                                          :                       Large Scale Integration
LCD                                         :                       liquid crystal display
MAN                                        :                       Metropolitan area network
 MB                                         :                       mega bytes
 MHz                                        :                       mega hertz
Ms.                                          :                       Microsoft
Ms-Dos                                    :                       Microsoft disk operating system
MBA                                        :                       Master Business Administration 
MPEG                                      :                       Moving Picture Export Group /                                                                                                                       Motion Picture Export Group 
MSI                                         :                       Medium Scale Integration
MOS                                        :                       Metal Oxide semiconductor
MODEM                                  :                       Modulator and Demodulator
MDA                                        :                       monochrome display adapter
MCGA                                     :                       multicolour graphics adapter
NCR                                         :                       National capital Region
NCC                                         :                       National Computer Center
NME                                        :                       Nepal Multi Education
NAC                                         :                       Nepal Airlines corporation 
NIC                                          :                       Network Interface Card
OS                                            :                       Operating system
OSI                                          :                       Open System Interconnection
OCR                                         :                       Optical character recognition
PC                                            :                       personal computer
PCB                                         :                       Printed Circuit Board
PDF                                          :                       Portable Document Format
POP                                          :                       Post Office Protocol
PS/2                                         :                       Personal System/2
POS                                          :                       Point Sales Terminal 
RAM                                        :                       Random access memory
RISC                                        :                       Reduced Instruction Set computer
SMPS                                       :                       Switch Mode Power Supply
SMTP                                      :                       Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SRAM                                      :                       Static Read only memory
SDRAM                                   :                       Synchronous Dynamic RAM
SVGA                                       :                       Super video graphics array
TB                                           :                       Terabyte
TT                                           :                       Typing Tutor
TCP                                         :                       Transfer Configure protocol 
TUI                                          :                       Text User Interface
TFT                                         :                       Thin Film Transistor
UPS                                          :                       Uninterrupted Power Supply
UNIVAC                                  :                       Universal Automatic Computer
URL                                         :                       Uniform Research Locater 
ULSI                                        :                       Ultra Large Integration
ULSIC                                     :                       Ultra Large Scale Integration Circuit
VDU                                         :                       Visual Display Unite
VISA                                        :                       Visitor Intention stay aboard
                                                                        International Service Associations
VLSI                                        :                       Very Large Integration
WHO                                        :                       World Health Origination
WWW                                      :                       World Wide Web 
WAN                                        :                       Wide Aria Network
XT                                           :                       Extra/Extended Technology

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ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port
ALI – Acer Labs, Incorporated
ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD – Advanced Micro Devices
APC – American Power Conversion
ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC – Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASPI – Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
AT – Advanced Technology
ATI – ATI Technologies Inc.
ATX – Advanced Technology Extended
— B —
BFG – BFG Technologies
BIOS – Basic Input Output System
BNC – Barrel Nut Connector
— C —
CAS – Column Address Signal
CD – Compact Disk
CDR – Compact Disk Recorder
CDRW – Compact Disk Re-Writer
CD-ROM – Compact Disk – Read Only Memory
CFM – Cubic Feet per Minute (ft�/min)
CMOS – Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CPU – Central Processing Unit
CTX – CTX Technology Corporation (Commited to Excellence)
— D —
DDR – Double Data Rate
DDR-SDRAM – Double Data Rate – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DFI – DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation)
DIMM – Dual Inline Memory Module
DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
DPI – Dots Per Inch
DSL – See ASDL
DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-RAM – Digital Versatile Disk – Random Access Memory
— E —
ECC – Error Correction Code
ECS – Elitegroup Computer Systems
EDO – Extended Data Out
EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EVGA – EVGA Corporation
— F —
FC-PGA – Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
FDC – Floppy Disk Controller
FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
FPS – Frame Per Second
FPU – Floating Point Unit
FSAA – Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
FS – For Sale
FSB – Front Side Bus
— G —
GB – Gigabytes
GBps – Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second
GDI – Graphical Device Interface
GHz – GigaHertz
— H —
HDD – Hard Disk Drive
HIS – Hightech Information System Limited
HP – Hewlett-Packard Development Company
HSF – Heatsink-Fan
— I —
IBM – International Business Machines Corporation
IC – Integrated Circuit
IDE – Integrated Drive Electronics
IFS- Item for Sale
IRQ – Interrupt Request
ISA – Industry Standard Architecture
ISO – International Standards Organization
— J —
JBL – JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers
JVC – JVC Company of America
- K —
Kbps – Kilobits Per Second
KBps – KiloBytes per second
— L —
LG – LG Electronics
LAN – Local Are Network
LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
LDT – Lightning Data Transport
LED – Light Emitting Diode
— M —
MAC – Media Access Control
MB � MotherBoard or Megabyte
MBps – Megabytes Per Second
Mbps – Megabits Per Second or Megabits Per Second
MHz – MegaHertz
MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second
MMX – Multi-Media Extensions
MSI – Micro Star International
— N —
NAS – Network Attached Storage
NAT – Network Address Translation
NEC – NEC Corporation
NIC – Network Interface Card
— O —
OC – Overclock (Over Clock)
OCZ – OCZ Technology
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
— P —
PC – Personal Computer
PCB – Printed Circuit Board
PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDA – Personal Digital Assistant
PCMCIA – Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture
PGA – Professional Graphics Array
PLD – Programmable Logic Device
PM – Private Message / Private Messaging
PnP – Plug ‘n Play
PNY – PNY Technology
POST – Power On Self Test
PPPoA – Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
PPPoE – Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PQI – PQI Corporation
PSU – Power Supply Unit
— R —
RAID – Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM – Random Access Memory
RAMDAC – Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor
RDRAM – Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
ROM – Read Only Memory
RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
— S —
SASID – Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
SCA – SCSI Configured Automatically
SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SECC – Single Edge Contact Connector
SODIMM – Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
SPARC – Scalable Processor ArChitecture
SOHO – Small Office Home Office
SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
SSE – Streaming SIMD Extensions
SVGA – Super Video Graphics Array
S/PDIF – Sony/Philips Digital Interface
— T —
TB – Terabytes
TBps – Terabytes per second
Tbps – Terabits per second
TDK – TDK Electronics
TEC – Thermoelectric Cooler
TPC – TipidPC
TWAIN – Technology Without An Important Name
— U —
UART – Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB – Universal Serial Bus
UTP – Unshieled Twisted Pair
— V —
VCD – Video CD
VPN – Virtual Private Network
— W —
WAN – Wide Area Network
WTB – Want to Buy
WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get
— X —
XGA – Extended Graphics Array
XFX – XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS – Extended Memory Specification
XT – Extended Technology

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