Computer Terminology

DMA Direct Memory Access

DASD Direct Access Storage Device

DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module

DIP Dual-In-Line Pin (Switches and Chips)

DIPP Dual In-Line Pin Package

DMA Direct Memory Access

DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory

EDO Extended Data Out

EEC Error Correction Code

EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter

EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture

ELF Extremely Low Frequency

EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM

EEPROM Electronically Erasable PROM

EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

EMS Extended Memory Specification

ESDI Enhanced Small Device interface

FAT File Allocation Table

FPU Floating-Point Unit

HTML Hypertext mark-up Language

IDE Integrated Drive Electronics

IRQ Interrupt Request

LCD Liquid Crystal Display

LED Light Emitting Diode

MBPS Megabits per Second

MCA Micro Channel Architecture

MHz Megahertz

MMX Multi-Media Extensions

Computer Terminology

ABIOS Advanced Basic Input/Output System

ANSI American national Standards Institute

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

BIOS Basic Input/Output System

CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory

CGA Color Graphics Adapter

CISC Complex Instruction-Set Computer

CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CRAP Cannot Really Assess Possibilities

CRT Cathode Ray Tube