OCUK Dictionary of Commonly Used Abbreviations & Acronyms

R.C.Anderson · 1 Sep 2010 at 23:10

Redmint said:
Wouldn't that be IPS?

typo

fixed

Kosmiche · 1 Sep 2010 at 23:28

pebcak

problem exists between chair and keyboard.

JonJ678 · 2 Sep 2010 at 00:25

I think this is an excellent idea, but cant face an epic typing session on my phone. Ill email you a load if thats ok

madindehead · 2 Sep 2010 at 00:26

This is a great idea andi

If I think of anything, I will post

Redmint · 2 Sep 2010 at 00:36

Good work on the updates, the list is getting pretty long already.

cmndr_andi · 2 Sep 2010 at 02:24

Just updated the list again

Thanks very much for all the help guys, especially Jon - that txt file was massive, and covered loads of crucial things

If anyone has any more things to add, please feel free to post here or send me an email.

Redmint · 2 Sep 2010 at 02:57

Not bad for a few hours work, hope some people actually bother to read it.

Admiral Huddy · 2 Sep 2010 at 08:19

This has been done before and failed. Quite a difficult list to compile but very informative. Good luck

Your RAID description is a bit vaugue:

Raid 0 = Striping with no parity or mirroring (2 hdd min)
Raid 1 = Mirrored array without the striping (2 hdd min)
Raid 5 = Stripped with distributed Parity (3 hdd min)
Raid 10 = Striping with Mirrored array (4 hdd min)

adam_castell · 2 Sep 2010 at 09:54

handy for newbs to the forum

JonJ678 · 2 Sep 2010 at 09:59

I couldnt think of a concise definition for striping sadly, could you add that to your correction please?

The drives dont need to be identical though, they dont even need to be the same size.

stulid · 3 Sep 2010 at 00:52

back to the top it goes.

add SPD.

Locke · 3 Sep 2010 at 01:09

Great thread idea. Also there is a typo in the BSOD entry

How about: AGP, VoIP, x86, x64

Can't think of any others at this time of night though

cmndr_andi · 3 Sep 2010 at 01:17

stulid said:
back to the top it goes.

add SPD.

Thanks for that.

I have added entries for SPD and XMP. I'm definately not an expert on these, would you be able to check that these entries are accurate. Any corrections or suggested changes are heartily welcomed.

Locke said:
Great thread idea. Also there is a typo in the BSOD entry

How about: AGP, VoIP, x86, x64

Thanks very much.

I will get on that typo ASAP and will make a start on those new additions, great suggestions

tankskun · 3 Sep 2010 at 01:19

Very helpful guide - Make this a sticky!

Nocky24 · 3 Sep 2010 at 01:30

POS:

Definition- a disagreeable or inoperable product usually seen in an RMA thread.

Redmint · 3 Sep 2010 at 10:42

VRM - Voltage regulator module

FSB - Front Side Bus

SB - Southbridge

NB - Northbridge

S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format

USB - Universal Serial Bus

CUDA - Compute Unified Device Architecture

PhysX

IGP - Integrated Graphics Processor

APU - Accelerated Processing Unit

Boot - Bootstrap load

Maccy · 3 Sep 2010 at 12:01

Made this into a sticky thread, OP please can you ensure that you keep the first post updated for everyone?

PermaBanned · 3 Sep 2010 at 12:06

I/O - Input/Output

w1llyg · 3 Sep 2010 at 12:55

Gratz on making ur thread a sticky

cmndr_andi · 3 Sep 2010 at 15:26

Maccy said:
Made this into a sticky thread, OP please can you ensure that you keep the first post updated for everyone?

Thanks very much

Hopefully it will be of some help.

I will definitely keep it updated.

Redmint said:
VRM - Voltage regulator module

FSB - Front Side Bus

SB - Southbridge

NB - Northbridge

S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format

USB - Universal Serial Bus

CUDA - Compute Unified Device Architecture

PhysX

IGP - Integrated Graphics Processor

APU - Accelerated Processing Unit

Boot - Bootstrap load

Superewza said:
I/O - Input/Output

Thanks guys, I'll add these in ASAP.