3Dnow!:  MultiMedia Extensions (AMD)

ABIOS:  Advanced Basic Input Output System

AC:  Alternating Current

ACI:  Automatic Channel Installation

ACPI:  Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

ADO:  ActiveX Data Object

ADSL:  Asymmetric Digital Subscribers Line

AGP:  Accelerated Graphics Port

ALU:   Arithmetic-Logic Unit

AM:  Amplitude Modulated

AMBA:7nbsp; Advanced Micro controller Bus Architecture

AMD:  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

AMI:  American Megatrends Inc.

ANSI:  American National Standards Institute

APIC:  Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

APM:  Advanced Power Management

ASCII:  American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASIC:  Application Specific Integrated Circuit

ASPI:  Advanced SCSI Programming Interface

AT:  Advanced Technology

ATA:  AT Bus Attachment

ATAPI:  ATA Packet Interface

ATM:  Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AT-RMP:  - AppleTalk Routing Maintenance Protocol

AUI: Adapter Unit Interface

AVI:  Audio Video Interleaved

BAT:  Bandwidth Allocation Technology

BBS:  Bulletin Board System

BBS:  BIOS Boot Specification

BCC:  Block Check Character

BCC:  Blind Carbon Copy

BCD:  Binary Coded Decimal

BINAC:7nbsp; BINary Automatic Computer

BIOS:  Basic Input / Output System

BNC:  Bayonet Nut Connector

BPB:  BIOS Parameter Block

BPP:  Bits Per Pixel

BPS/bps:  Bytes/bits Per Second

BSC:  Binary Synchronous Communications

BSD:  Berkeley Standard Distribution

BTU:  British Thermal Units

CAD:  Computer Aided Design

CAM:  Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAS:  Column Address Strobe

CASE:  Computer-Aided Software Engineering

CBT:  Computer-Based Training

CD:  Carrier Detect

CDI:  Common Data Interface

CDRAM:  Cached Dynamic Random Access Memory

CDROM:  Compact Disk Read Only Memory

CD-PROM:  Compact Disc-Programmable Read Only Memory

CD-R:  Compact Disc-Recordable

CD-RW:  Compact Disc-Rewritable

CFI:  Common Flash Interface

CGA:  Color Graphics Adapter

CGI:  Common Gateway Interface

CHS:  Cylinder Head Sector

CMOS:  Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

CPI:  Clocks Per Instruction

CPS:  Characters Per Second

CPU:  Central Processing Unit

CR:  Carriage Return

CRC:  Cyclical Redundancy Check

CRT:  Cathode Ray Tube

CSCW:  Computer Supported Co-operative Work-groupware

CSR:  Command Status Register

CTS:  Clear To Send

DAT:  Digital Audio Tape

DB:  Database

DC:  Direct Current

DCD:  Data Carrier Detect

DCE:  Data Circuit-terminating Equipment

DD:  Double Density

DDR:  Double Data Rate

DEC:  Digital Equipment Corporation

DHCP:  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIMM:  Dual Inline Memory Module

DIP:  Dual-In-line Package

DLL:  Dynamic Link Library

DMA:  Direct Memory Access

DMI:  Desktop Management Interface

DNS:  Domain Name Server

DoS:  Denial-of-Service

DOS:  Disk Operating System

DPE:  Data Parity Error

DRAM:  Dynamic Random Access Memory

DS:  Double Sided

DSL:  Digital Subscriber Line

DSP:  Digital Signal Processor

DSR:  Data Set Ready

DTC:  Data Terminal Controller

DTE:  Data Terminating Equipment

DTR:  Data Terminal Ready

DUN:  Dial-Up Networking

DVD:  Digital Versatile Disc (Digital Video Disc)

EBCDIC:  Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

EC:  Error Check

ECC:  Error Check and Correction

ECP:  Enhanced Communication Port

ECU:  EISA Configuration Utility

EDI:  Electronic Data Interchange also referred to as electronic commerce

EDO:  Extended Data Out RAM

EEPROM:  Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EGA:  Enhanced Graphics Adapter

EIA:  Electronic Industries Association

EIDE:  Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics

EISA:  Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture

EMI:  Electro-Magnetic Interference

EMF:  Electro-Magnetic Force

EMS:  Expanded Memory Specification

EOF:  End Of File

EOL:  End Of Line

EPP:  Enhanced Parallel Port

EPROM:  Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

ESCD:  Extended System Configuration Data

ESD:  Electro-Static Discharge

ESDI:  Enhanced Small Devices Interface

ESP:  Eudora Sharing Protocol

EULA"  End User License Agreement (Always read the Eula)

FAQ:  Frequently Asked Question - not specifically a computer acronym but handy nonetheless

FAT:  File Allocation Table

FCB:  File Control Block

FCC:  Federal Communications Commission

FDD:  Fixed/Floppy Disk Drive

FDHD:  Floppy Drive, High Density

FDDI:  Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDM:  Frequency Division Multiplexing

FDX:  Full-Duplex Transmission

FE:  Front End

FEP:  Front End Processor

FF:  Form Feed

FIFO:  First-In First-Out

FILO:  First-In Last-Out

FM:  Frequency Modulation

FPGA:  Field Programmable Gate Array

FPM:  Fast Page Mode RAM

FPU:  Floating Point Unit

FRAM:  Ferroelectric RAM

FRC:  Functional Redundancy Checking

FRU:  Field-Replaceable Unit

FSF:  Free Software Foundation

FSK:  Frequency Shifty Keying

FSP:  File Service Protocol

FTP:  File Transfer Program

GAS:  Gallium Arsenide

GB:  Gigabyte - equal to 1,000 megabytes

GbE:  Gigabit Ethernet

GFLOPS:  Billions of FLOating Point Operations Per Second

GHZ:  Gigahertz

GIF:   Graphic Interchange Format

GUI:  Graphical User Interface

HD:  High Density / Hard Disk

HDD:  Hard Disk Drive

HDX:  Half-Duplex Transmission

HFS:  Hierarchical File System

HMA:  High Memory Area

HP:  Hewlett-Packard

HPFS:  High Performance File System

HSL:  Hypermedia Synchronization Language

HTML:  HyperText Markup Language

HTTP:  Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Hub:  Network Hub (Concentrator)

I/O:  Input/Output

IBM:  International Business Machines Corporation

IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IBM:  International Business Machines

IC:  Integrated Circuit

ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol

IDE:  Integrated Device Electronics

IDSL-ISDN:  Digital Subscriber Line

IEEE:&bsp; 1394 - Firewire - iLink

IEEE:  Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IGMP:  Internet Group Management Protocol

IMP:  Interface Message Processor

IP:  Internet Protocol

IPC:  Inter Process Communication

IPX:  Inter network Packet eXchange

IRC:  Internet Relay Chat

IRQ:  Interrupt ReQuest

ISA:  Industry Standard Architecture

ISDN:  Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO:  International Standards Organization

JFIF-JPEG:  File Interchange Format

JFS:  Journalized File System

JPEG: Joint Photographics Experts Group

kb:  Kilobit

Kbps:  kilobits per second

KB:  Kilobyte

KNI:  Katmai New Instructions

kVA:  KiloVolt-Amps

LAN:  Local Area Network

LAWN: Local-Area Wireless Network

LBA:  Linear Block Array / Addressing

LCD:  Liquid Crystal Display

LED:  Light Emitting Diode

LF:  Line Feed

LIM:  Lotus/Intel/Microsoft's Expanded Memory Manager

LPT:  Line Printing Terminal also Local Printer Terminal

LRU:  Least-Recently Used

LSB/lsb:  Least Significant Byte/bit

LSI:  Large Scale Integration

LUN:  Logical Unit Number

MAC:  Macintosh (a brand of PC)

MAN:  Metropolitan Area Network

MB/Mb:  Mega Bytes/bits 1 million bytes

MBR:  Master Boot Record

MCA:  Micro Channel Architecture

MCGA:  Multi-Color Graphics Array

MCM:  Multi-Chip Module

MDRAM:  Multi-bank RAM

MFLOPS:  Millions of FLOating Point Operations per Second

MFM:  Modified Frequency Modulated

MHz:  MegaHertz

MICR:  Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

MIDI:  Musical Instrument Data Interface

MIMD:  Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data

MIME:  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MIPS:  Millions of Instructions per Second

MISD:  Multiple-Instruction Single Data

MMU:  Memory Management Unit
MMX:  Multi-Media Extensions

MNP:  Microcom Network Protocol

MODEM:  MOdulator / DEModulator

MOPS:  Millions of Operations Per Second

MOS:  Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

MP3:  MPeg-1 audio layer 3

MP:  Multi-Processor

MPC:  Multimedia Personal Computer

MPEG:  Motion Picture Experts Group

MPP:  Massively Parallel Processor

MPS:  Multi-Processor System

MSB/msb:  Most Significant Byte/bit

MSDOS:  Microsoft's Disk Operating System

MSI:  Medium Scale Integration

MTBF:  Mean Time Between Failure

N/C:  No-Connect

NBS:  National Bureau of Standards

NDMP:  Network Data Management Protocol

NEMA:  National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NFS:  Network File System

NFU:  Not-Frequently Used

NIC:&bsp; Network Interface Card

NMI:  Non-Maskable Interrupt

NMOS:  Negatively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

NOP:  No OPeration NRU Not-Recently Used

NSF:  National Science Foundation

NTFS:  New Technology File System

NVRAM:  NonVolatile Random Access Memory

OCR:  Optical Character Recognition

ODBC:  Open Database Connectivity

ODI:  Open Data link Interface

OEM:  Original Equipment Manufacturer

OS:  Operating System

OSF:  Open Software Foundation

OSI:  Open Systems Interconnect

PAL/PLA:  Programmable Array Logic / Logic Array

PB:  Push Button

PBX:  Private Branch eXtender

PC:  Personal Computer, Program Counter

PCB:  Printed Circuit Board

PCI:  Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCM:  Pulse Code Modulation

PCMCIA:  Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PDF:  Portable Document Format

PE:  Processor Element

PEM:  Privacy Enhanced Mail

Perl:  Practical Extraction and Report Language

PFF:  Page Fault Frequency

PGA:  Professional Graphics Array

PGA:  Pin Grid Array

PIC:  Programmable Interrupt Controller

PING:  Packet Internet Groper

PIO:  Programmed Input / Output

PIROM:  Processor Information ROM

PLCC:  Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier

PLL:  Phase Locked Loop

PM:  Preventive Maintenance

PMOS:  Positively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

PnP:  Plug-and-Play

POP:  Post Office Protocol

POST:  Power On Self Test

PPP:  Point-to-Point Protocol

PQFP:  Plastic Quad Flat Pack

PROM:  Programmable Read Only Memory

PSTN:  Public Switched Telephone Network

PSU:  Power Supply Unit

PTE:  Page Table Entry

PWB:  Printed Wire Board

QAM:  Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QFP:  Quad Flat Pack

QIC:  Quarter Inch Cartridge

RAID:  Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks

RAM:  Random Access Memory

RAMDAC:  Random Access Memory Digital to Analogue Converter

RAS:  Row Address Strobe

RCA:  Radio Corporation of America

RCC:  Routing Control Center

RDRAM:  Rambus DRAM

RFC:  Request For Comments

RFI:  Radio Frequency Interference

RI:  Ring Indicator

RISC:  Reduced Instruction-Set Computer

RLL:  Run Length Limited

RMON: Remote Monitoring

RMS:  Root Mean Squared

RMW:  Read Modify Write

ROM:  Read Only Memory

RPC:  Remote Procedure Call

RPG:  Role-Playing Game

RPM:  Rotations Per Minute

RTC:  Real Time Clock

RTF:  Rich Text Format

RTS:  Request To Send

RTSP: Realtime Streaming Protocol

SAM:  Sequential Access Memory

SAN:  Storage Area Network

SASI:  Shugart Associates Standard Interface

SATA:  Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SCSI:  Small Computer Systems Interface

SD:  Single Density

SDLC:  Synchronous Data Link Control

SDRAM:  Synchronous Dynamic RAM

SDRAM DDR:  Double Data Rate SDRAM

SDRAM BDDR:  Bi-Directional Strobed DDR SDRAM

SE:  Systems Engineer

SEC:  Single Edge Contact

SFF:  Small Form Factor

SGI:  Silicon Graphics Incorporated

SGRAM:  Synchronous Graphics RAM

SIMD:  Single-Instruction Multiple-Data

SIMM:  Single Inline Memory Module

SIPP:  Single Inline Pinned Package

SISD:  Single-Instruction Single-Dat

SLDRAM:  SyncLink DRAM

SLIP:  Serial Line Internet Protocol

SMD:  Surface Mount Device

SMT:  Surface Mount Technology

SMTP:  Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNA:  System Network Architecture

SNR:  Signal to Noise Ratio

SO/SOL:  Small Out Line

SOIC:  Small Outline Integrated Circuit

SPOOL:  Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line

SQL:  Structured Query Language

SPIM:  Spam Over Instant Messaging

SPT:  Sectors Per Track

SPU:  Single Processor Unit

SRAM:  Static Random Access Memory

SS:  Single Sided

SSL:  Secure Sockets Layer

STDM:  Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing

STN:  Super Twisted Nematic

STT:  Secure Transaction Technology

STU:  Streaming Tape Unit

SVG:  Scalable Vector Graphics

SVGA:  Super Video Graphics Array

TCM:  Trellis Code Modulation

TCP/IP:  Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

TDM:  Time Division Multiplexing

TFT:  Thin Film Transistor

TI:  Texas Instruments

TIA:  Telecomm Industry Association

TLB:  Translation-Look aside Buffer

TPI:  Tracks Per Inch

TRANSISTOR:  TRANSformer resISTOR

TSR:  Terminate and Stay Resident

TTL:  Transistor-Transistor Logic

UAE:  Unrecoverable Application Error

UART:  Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

UDP:  User Datagram Protocol

UltraDMA:  Ultra Direct Memory Access

UMB:  Upper Memory Block

UNIX:  A trademark used for a computer disk operating system

URL:  Universal Resource Locator - a sites web address

UPS:  Un-interruptible Power Supply

USB:  Universal Serial Bus

USL:  UNIX System Labs

UUCP:  UNIX to UNIX Copy Program

VBE:  Video BIOS Extensions

VCR:  Video Cassette Recorder

VESA:  Video Enhanced Standards Association

VGA:  Video Graphics Array

VLB:  VESA Local Bus

VLAN:  Virtual LAN

VLIW:  Very Long Instruction Word

VLSI:  Very Large Scale Integration

VM:  Virtual Memory

VME:  Versa Module Euro-card

VPN:  Virtual Private Network

VRAM:  Video Random Access Memory

VRML:  Virtual Reality Mark-up Language

VRT:  Voltage Reduction Technology

VTR:  Video Tape Recorder

W3:  World Wide Web

W3C:  World Wide Web Consortium

WAFS:  Wide-area File Sharing

WAN:  Wide Area Network

WAP:  Wireless Application Protocol

WATS:  Wide Area Telephone Service

WAV:  WAV audio file

WD:  Western Digital

WebCGM:  Web Computer Graphics Metafile

WIMP:  Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointing Device

WINSOCK:  Windows Socket

WMF:  Windows Meta File

WML:  Wireless Markup Language

WORM:  Write Once - Read-Many

WP:  WordPerfect

WPA:  Windows Product Activation

WRAM:  Window Random Access Memory

WWW:  World Wide Web

WS:  Wait State

XGA:  eXtended Graphics Array

XML:  Extensible Markup Language

XMS:  Extended Memory Specification

XOR:  Exclusive-OR

XT:  eXtended Technology

ZIF:  Zero Insertion Force

ZV-Port: Zoomed Video Port