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Abbreviations

A

  • AT -  Advanced Technology motherboard

  • ATX – Advanced Technology eXtended motherboard

  • AIMM – AGP Inline Memory Module

  • AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port

 

 

D

  • DIMM – Dual Inline Memory Module

  • DDR  RAM – Double Data Rate Random Access Memory

  • DDR DIMM – Double Data Rate, Dual Inline Memory Module

  • DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory

 

 

E

  • ESD – Electrostatic Discharge

  • EMI – Electromagnetic Inteference

  • EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

  • EEPROM – Electrically Erassable Programmable Read Only Memory

 

 

H

  • HTML – HyperText Markup Language

 

 

 

I

  • ISA slots – Industry Standard Architecture slots

  • IDE connector  - Integrated Drive Electronics connector

 

 

 

L

  • LIF sockets – Low Insertion Force sockets

 

 

 

P

  • PC – Personal Computer

  • PCI slots -  Peripheral Component Interconnect slots

  • PGA socket – Pin Grid Array socket

  • PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory

 

 

R

  • RFI – Radio Frequency Interference

  • RAM – Random Access Memory

  • ROM- Read Only Memory

  • RIMM – Rambus Inline Memory Module

 

 

S

  • SD RAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

  • SIMM – Single Inline Memory Module

  • SO-DIMM – Small Outline - Dual Inline Memory Module

  • SRAM – Static Random Access Memory

  • SCSI – Small Computer System Interface

 

 

V

  • VGA – Video Graphics Array

  • VRAM – Video Random Access Memory

 

 

W

  • WWW  - World Wide Web

 

 

X

  • XT – eXtend Technology motherboard

  • XML – Extensible Markup Language

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