P:PCI- Peripheral component lnterconnect PCIe- Peripheral component lnterconnect express PDA- Personal digital assistant PGA- Pin grid array PIN- Personal identification number POST- Power on self test PROM- Programmable read-only memory PS/2- Personal System/2 connector PSTN- Public switched telephone network PC- Personal Computer, Program Counter PCB- Printed Circuit Board PCM- Pulse Code Modulation PnP- Plug-and-Play Q:QoS- Quality of service R:RAID- Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disc RAM- Random access memory RJ- Registered jack RJ-11- Registered jack function 11 RJ-45- Registered jack function 45 ROM- Read only memory S:SATA- Serial advanced technology attachment SCSI- Small computer system interface SDRAM- Synchronous dynamic random access memor SIMM- Single inline memory module SMTP- Simple mail transport protocol SP- Service pack SP1- Service pack 1 SP2- Service pack 2 SRAM- Static random access memory SVGA- Super video graphics array T:TB- Terabyte TCP- Transmission control protocol TCP/IP- Transmission control protocol/internet proto U:UPS- Uninterruptible power supply URL- Upiform resource localor USB- Universal serial bus UTP- Unshielded twisted pair V:VPN- Virtual private network VRAM- Video random access memory W:WAN- Wide area network WAP- Wireless applieation protocol |
