Acronym List

Acronyms

Acronyms are used for abbreviation to save time, but in the computer world this can get rather confusing. In order to make things more simple, we've compiled a list of all the acronyms which are associated with hardware ID that we could think of.

AGP

Accelerated Graphics Port

BIOS

Basic Input Output System

CPU

Central Processing Unit

DDR

Double Data Rate

DIMM

Dual Inline Memory Module

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory

DVI

Digital Video Interface

HDMI

High Definition Multimedia Input

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics

LCD/LED

Liquid Crystal Display/ Light Emitting Diode

LGA

Land Grid Array

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCI-E

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

POST

Power On Self-Test

SATA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SD-RAM

Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SIMM

Single Inline Memory Module

SODIMM

Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module

USB

Universal Serial Bus

VGA

Video Graphic Array

ZIF

Zero Insertion Force