Jargon Buster Abbreviations Thread

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A few abbreviations for commonly used computer Jargon

I hope this helps with people who are newbies.

CPU: Central Processing Unit - processor
GPU: Graphics Processing Unit - Graphics Card
RAM: Random Access Memory- Memory
HDD: Hard Disk Drive
PSU: Power Supply Unit
PCI-E: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect
AGP: Advanced Graphics Port
Analog Display: Standard VGA Display Connection
DVI Display: Digital Visual Interface
S-Video: Separate Video
C2D: Core 2 Duo Processor
C2Q: Core 2 Quad
TFT: Thin film transistor liquid crystal display
CRT: Cathode ray tube
SATA: Serial ATA
IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics
MOLEX: Molex Connector Color Function
Yellow +12 V
Black Ground
Black Ground
Red +5 V

FPS: Frames Per Second
OC: Overclocking
Router: Device for connecting to the internet through Wired or Wireless Connectivity
Modem: Older Dial Up Device
OCUK: The best shop in the UK

Ill update with some more later.
 
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kieves1 said:
Im sure that this will end up being a big list :)
Click to expand...

Indeed. If you are going to keep the opening post updated, I'd keep a spreadsheet and sort by it's acronym. Copy/paste etc.. Good luck :)

Some memory related ones:



RAM = Random Access Memory
EDO RAM = Extended Data Out RAM
DIMM = Dual Inline Memory Modules
SIMM = Single Inline Memory Modules
SRAM = Static RAM
DRAM = Dynamic RAM
SDRAM = Synchronous DRAM
DDR = Double Data Rate

( so DDR SDRAM = Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access memory :D )

RDRMAM = RAMBUS DRAM
VRAM = Video Ram
FPMRAM = Fast Page-Mode RAM
ECC = Error Correcting Code
 
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Some of these (eg PCI-E) could do with a lay-man's terms explaination. There's little point expanding a jargonous (word?) acronym if you're just going to define it in terms of more jargon.

PCI-E: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
or
PCI-E: (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) - a slot on a motherboard to connect graphics cards and other expansion cards to. The current standard for most graphics cards.

It's the basic human-readable version most people need the first time they come accross a phrase, you don't really need to know that it's a "Peripheral Component Interconnect Express", just that it's used for graphics cards and it's the main one to go for.
 
with sata what is the ata?

also RMA (i know it means to send it back under warrenty (or at least i think thats what it means) but what does it stand for)
 
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MCH/NB - Northbridge

WC or W/C or H20 - Watercooling

BIOS - Basic Input Output System
 
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bios - basic imput/output system
IDE - integrated drive electronics
ASCII - american standard code for information interchange
afk - away from keyboard

MW
 
Fail, one of your abbreviations has an unexplained abbreviation in it:p

IDE: Integrated Device Electronics
ATA: Advanced Technology Attachment
LCD: liquid crystal display
TLA: three letter acronym
CBA: can't be arsed (to think of more)
 
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
UDP: User Datagram Protocol
IP: Internet Protocol
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
SMB: Server Message Block (No not supermario brothers :D )
DNS: Domain Name System
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol
POP: Post Office Protocol
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SSH: Secure Shell
 
Perhaps when all this is done it could be organised into sections like PC componants, Software, Networking and General Internet chat or somethgin like that.
 
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