| A | B |
|---|
| MP4 | Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 4 |
| MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group |
| MSCONFIG | Microsoft Configuration |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet |
| MUI | Multilingual User Interface |
| NAC | Network Access Control |
| NAS | Network Attached Storage |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NETBIOS | Networked Basic Input/Output System |
| NETBEUI | Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface |
| NFS | Network File System |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NiCd | Nickel Cadmium |
| NiMH | Nickel Metal Hydride |
| NLX | New Low Profile Extended |
| NNTP | Network News Transfer Protocol |
| NTFS | New Technology File System |
| NTLDR | New Technology Loader |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OLED | Organic Light Emitting Diode |
| OS | Operating System |
| PAN | Personal Area Network |
| PATA | Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect express |
| PCIX | Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended |
| PCL | Printer Control Language |
| PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PE | Preinstallation Environment |
| PGA | Pin Grid Array |
| PGA2 | Pin Grid Array 2 |
| PII | Personally Identifiable Information |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PnP | Plug and Play |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol 3 |
| PoS | Point of Sale |
| POST | Power-On Self Test |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone Service |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| PPTP | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
| PRI | Preferred Roaming Index |
| PRL | Preferred Roaming List |
| PROM | Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| PS/2 | Personal System/2 |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PSU | Power Supply Unit |
| PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit |
| PXE | Preboot Execution Environment |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Discs |
| RAM | Random-Access Memory |
| RAS | Remote Access Service |
| RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| RGB | Red Green Blue |
| RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
| RIS | Remote Installation Service |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| RJ-11 | Registered Jack Function 11 |
| RJ-45 | Registered Jack Function 45 |
| RMA | Returned Materials Authorization |
| ROM | Read-Only Memory |
| RTC | Real-Time Clock |
| SAN | Storage Area Network |
| SAS | Serial Attached SCSI |
| SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
| SC | Subscription Channel |
| SCP | Secure Copy Protection |
| SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
| SCSI ID | Small Computer System Interface Identifier |
| SD card | Secure Digital card |
| SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| SEC | Single Edge Connector |
| SFC | System File Checker |
| SFF | Small Form Factor |
| SLI | Scalable Link Interface or System Level Integration or Scanline Interleave mode |
| S.M.A.R.T | Self-Monitoring, Analysis, And Reporting Technology |
| SMB | Server Message Block or Small-to-Midsize Business |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SODIMM | Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module |
| SOHO | Small Office, Home Office |
| SP | Service Pack |
| SPDIF | Sony-Philips Digital Interface Format |
| SPGA | Staggered Pin Grid Array |
| SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| SSID | Service Set Identifier |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
| ST | Straight Tip |
| STP | Shielded Twisted Pair |
| SXGA | Super Extended Graphics Array |
| TB | Terabyte |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TDR | Time Domain Reflectometer |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TKIP | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
| TPM | Trusted Platform Module |
| UAC | User Account Control |
| UDF | User Defined Functions or Universal Disk Format or Universal Data Format |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UEFI | Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
| UNC | Universal Naming Convention |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| USMT | User State Migration Tool |
| UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| UXGA | Ultra Extended Graphics Array |
| VESA | Video Electronics Standards Association |
| VFAT | Virtual File Allocation Table |
| VGA | Video Graphics Array |
| VM | Virtual Machine |
| VoIP | Voice Over Internet Protocol |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VRAM | Video Random Access Memory |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAP | Wireless Access Protocol/Wireless Access Point |
| WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
| WiFi | Wireless Fidelity |
| WINS | Windows Internet Name Service |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| WPA | Wireless Protected Access |
| WPS | WiFi Protected Setup |
| WUXGA | Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array |
| XGA | Extended Graphics Array |
| ZIF | Zero-Insertion-Force |
| ZIP | Zigzag Inline Package |
