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205 Cards in this Set
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AC |
Alternating Current |
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AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
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ATA |
Advanced Technology Attachment |
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BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
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BNC |
Bayonet Neill Concelman or British Naval Connector |
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BTX |
Balanced Technology Extended |
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CGA |
Color Graphics Adaptor |
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CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computer |
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CNR |
Communications & Networking Riser |
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COMx |
Communications Port (x =port #) |
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CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
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CRT |
Cathode- ray-tube |
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DB-9 / DB-25 |
Serial communications (D shell connector) 9/25 pins |
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DC |
Direct Current |
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DIN |
Deutsche Industrie Norm |
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DIP |
Dual Inline Package |
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DLP |
Digital Light Processing |
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DRAM |
Dynamic Random Access Memory |
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ECC |
Error Correction Code |
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FDD |
Floppy Disk Drive |
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FSB |
Front Side Bus |
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GHz |
Gigs Hertz |
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GPU |
Graphic Processing Unit |
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HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
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HDMI |
High Definition Media Interface |
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HTPC |
Home Theater Personal Computer |
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I/O |
Input Output |
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IDE |
Integrated Drive Electronics (Peta) oldskool |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers |
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LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
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LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
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LGA |
Intel - Land Grid Array (pins in socket |
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MHz |
Mega Hertz |
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NIC |
Network Interface Card |
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ACPI |
Advanced Configuration & Power Interface |
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APM |
Advanced Power Management |
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ATX |
Advanced Technology Attachment |
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BD-R |
Blue Ray Disc Read |
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CD-Rom |
Compact Disc- Read Only Memory |
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CD-RW |
Compact Disc - Rewritable |
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DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
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DVD |
Digital Video Disc |
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DVD-R |
Digital Video Recordable |
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DVI |
Digital Visual Interface |
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ACL |
Access Control List |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers |
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IR |
Infrared |
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IRQ |
Interrupt Request |
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MIDI |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
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MP3 |
Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio |
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NiCd |
Nickel Cadium |
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PATA |
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachments |
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PCI and PCIe |
Peripheral Component Interconnect (Express) |
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PGA |
Pin Grid Array |
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POST |
Power On Self Test |
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PS/2 |
Personal System/ 2 Connector |
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PSU |
Power Supply Unit |
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RAID |
Redundant Array of independent (or inexpensive) Discs |
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RAM |
Random Access Memory |
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RGB |
Red Green Blue |
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RIMM |
RAMBUS Inline Memory Modual |
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RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
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RJ-11 / RJ-45 |
Registered Jack Function |
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ROM |
Read Only Memory |
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SATA |
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
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SCSI |
Small Computer System Interface |
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SD Card |
Secure Digital Card |
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SDRAM |
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
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TB |
Terabyte |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
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VDI |
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
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VGA |
Video Graphics Adapter |
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ZIF |
Zero Insertion Force |
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EMI |
Electromagnetic Interference |
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ESD |
Electrostatic Discharge |
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MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
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RFI |
Radio Frequency Interface |
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SPS |
Service Pack |
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UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
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CMOS |
Complimentary Metal Oxcide Semi Conductor |
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EEPROM |
Electrically Eraseable Programable Read-only Memory |
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OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacture |
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PnP |
Plug and Play |
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RS-232 |
Recommended Standard 232 |
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S.M.A.R.T |
Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology |
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SEC |
Single Edge Connector |
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UEFI |
User Extensible Firmware Interface |
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ERD |
Emergency Repair Disc |
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API |
Application Programming Interface |
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CDFS |
Compact Disc File System |
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FAT32 |
32 bit File Allocation Table |
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GPT |
GUI Partition Table |
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HAL |
Hardware Abstraction Layer |
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HCL |
Hardware Compatibility List |
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MBR |
Master Boot Record |
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NOS |
Network Operating System |
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NTFS |
New Technology File System |
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NTLDR |
New Technology Loader |
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OS |
Operating System |
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PXE |
Preboot Execution Environment |
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RIS |
Routing Information Service |
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SOHO |
Small Office Home Office |
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SP |
Service Pack |
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SSD |
Solid State Drive |
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USMT |
User State Migration Tool |
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USMT |
User State Migration Tool |
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CLI |
Command Line Interface |
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GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
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HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
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MMC |
Microsoft Management Console |
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MSCONFIG |
Microsoft Configuration |
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NAS |
Network Attached Storage |
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SFC |
System File Checker |
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UAC |
User Account Control |
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WSUS |
Windows Server Update Server |
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APIPA |
Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing |
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ASR |
Automated System Recovery |
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DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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DNS |
Domain Name Service |
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DSL |
Digital Suscriber Line |
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GB |
Giga Byte |
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ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
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IP |
Internet Protocol |
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IPCONFIG |
Internet Protocol Configuration |
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Kb |
Kilobit |
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KB |
KiloByte |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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LC |
Lucent Connector |
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MAC |
Media Access Unit or Media Attachment Unit |
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MAN |
Metotropolitan Area Network |
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Mb |
Megabit |
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MB |
Mega Byte |
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Mbps |
Mega bits per second |
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PAN |
Personal Area Network |
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RDP |
Remote Desktop Protocol |
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SAN |
Storage Area Network |
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ST |
Strait Tip |
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STP |
Sheilded Twisted Pair |
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TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol / internet protocol |
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TKIP |
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
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UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
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UTP |
Unsheilded Twisted Pair |
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WAN |
Wide Area Network |
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WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
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WEP |
Wired Eqivalent Privacy |
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WIFI |
Wireless Fidelity |
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WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
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WPA |
Wireless Protected Access |
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ADSL |
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line |
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ARP |
Access Resolution Protocol |
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FQDN |
Fully Qualified Domain Name |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communications |
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HTTP /HTTPS |
Hyper text transfer protocol |
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Iaas |
Infrastructure as a Service |
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IDS |
Intrusion Detection System |
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IMAP |
Internet Detection System |
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IPX/SPX |
Internetwork Packet Exchange / Sequenced Packet Exchange |
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ISND |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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ITaas |
IT as a Servics |
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MIMO |
Multi Input Multi Output |
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NAT |
Network Address Translation |
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NetBEUI |
Network Basic input/output System Extended User Interface |
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NetBIOS |
Network Basic Input Output System |
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PaaS |
Program as a Service |
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POTS |
Plain Old Telephone Service |
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PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
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Qos |
Quality of Service |
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SaaS |
Software as a Service |
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SMTP |
Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
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SSH |
Secure Shell |
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SSID |
Service Set Identifier |
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SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
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URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
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VoIP |
Voice Over Internet Protocol |
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VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
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DDR |
Double Data Rate |
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DDR RAM |
Double Data Rate Random Access Memory |
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DIMM |
Dual Inline Memory Module |
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Fn |
Function Key |
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FRU |
Field Replacable Unit |
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PCMCIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
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SoDIMM |
Small Outline Duel Inline Memory Module |
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ISO |
Industry Standards Organization |
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MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extention |
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PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
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POP3 |
Post Office Protocol 3 |
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LPT |
Line Printer Teminal |
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OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
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PCL |
Printer Control Language |
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QR |
Quick Response |
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NLQ |
Near Letter Quality |
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CAPTCHA |
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart |
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DDOS |
Distributed Denial of Service |
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DMZ |
Demilitarized Zone |
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DOS |
Denial of Service |
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EFS |
Encrypting File System |
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EPP |
Enhanced Parallel Port |
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PKi |
Public Key Infrastructure |
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RFID |
Radio Frequency Identification |
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TPM |
Trusted Platform Module |
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SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
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BSoD |
Blue Screen of Death |
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PoE |
Power over Ethernet |
