Computer Terms



A

ADSL               =         Asymmetric  Digital  Subscriber  Line
ALU                 =         Arithmetic  Logic  Unit

AGP                 =         Accelerated   Graphics  Port
AMD                 =        Advanced  Micro  Devices
ATX                  =        Advanced  Technology Extended
                                

ASCII              =        American Standard Code for Information Interchange




B


BIT       =   1 or 0  level of  storage is  called a  bit 
BPS      =    Bits  Per  Second
BCD      =    Boot Configuration Data
BYTE    =    A  measurement  of  storage  capacity



C


CBT               =            Computer  Based  Training
CD                 =            Compact  Disk
CD-R             =            Compact  Disk  Recordable
CD-ROM       =            Compact  Disk - Read  Only  Memory
CPU              =             Center  Processing  Unit
D 

DAT               =            Digital  Audio  Tape
DOS               =            Disk  Operating  System 
DSL                =            Digital  Subscriber  Line 
DVD               =            Digital  Versatile  Disk

E




EEPROM       =            Electrically erasable programable read only memory.

E-mail            =            Electronic mail


  F

FTP               =            File Transfer Protocol


 G


GB      =    GigaByte (1024 Mbytes)
GPT    =    GUID Partition Table
GHz    =    GigaHertz (Measurement of Computer Speed) 
GUI     =   Graphical User Interface  


H

HTML           =             Hyper Text Markup Language.


Hz                =             Hertz (this is a measurement of frequency)



I



IBM              =             International Business machine

ICT               =             Information and Communication Technology

IM                 =             Instant Messaging

IT                  =            Information Technology
IPS                =            Instant Power Supply
 


J

IT                  =            Information Technology


K



IT                  =            Information Technology
Kbps              =           Kilobits per second

KBps              =           kilobytes per second



L




IT                  =            Information Technology



M


MBR   =    Master Boot Record
MBps  =     Megabytes  per  second
MCA    =     Micro  channel  architecture.
MDA    =     Monochrome  display  adapter.
MIDI   =     Musical  Instrument  Digital  Interface
        


N



IT                  =            Information Technology



O




IT                  =            Information Technology




P




IT                  =            Information Technology




Q



IT                  =            Information Technology




R


RAM              =           Random Access memory

ROM              =           Read only memory

RSI                =           Repetitive Strain Injury

RSS               =           Really Simple Syndication
BIOS             =           Basic Input Output System
 




S



IT                  =            Information Technology




T



IT                  =            Information Technology                                                TB                 =            Terabyte



U


UPS               =            Uninterruptible Power Supply
USB               =            Universal Serial Bus




V



VOIP             =            Voice Over Internet Protocol




W


WAN      =   Wide Area Network
WWW    =   World Wide Web
WMI      =   Windows Management Instrumentation
WDS      =   Windows Deployment Services

WSUS    =   Windows Server Update Services



X




IT                  =            Information Technology




Y


IT                  =            Information Technology



Z


IT                  =            Information Technology

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