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AAC Advanced Audio Coding
ADO ActiveX Data Objects
AGP Advanced Graphics Port
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format
AIO All-In-One
AM Amplitude Modulation
AMD Advanced Micro Devices (company)
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service + Amplifiers
AOL America Online
API Application Program Interface
APR Annual Percentage Rate
ARC Acoustic Resonance Control
ARV Average Retail Value
ASF Advanced Streaming Format
ASP Authorized Service Provider
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI Advanced Technology Atachment Packet Interface
ATG All-Terrain Grade [Dell]
ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee
ATX Advanced Technology Extended
A/V Audio & Video (output)
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BIT Binary Digit
BLOG Web Log
BMP Batch Message Processing Program
.BMP Bitmap (file name extension)
BYTE Binary Element String
CCD Charged-Coupled Device
CD Compact Disk
CD-DA Compact Disk - Digital Audio
CD-E Compact Disk - Erasable
CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics
CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive
CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable
CR-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CD-RW Compact Disk - Rewritable
CD-V Compact Dist - Video
CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once
CEA Consumer Electronics Association
CF Compact Flash
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
.COM Command (file name extension)
COMBO Combination
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
dB Decibel
DBBS Dynamic Bass Boost System
DCIM Digital Camera Image +
Discrete Complex Image Method
DDC Direct Digital Controls
DDR Double Data Rate
DDS Digital Data Storage
DIR Directory
DLP Digital Light Processing
DOM Document Object Model
DP Data Processing + Dot Pitch
DPI Dots Per Inch
DPOF Digital Print Order Form
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRCMF Digital Reality Creation Multi Function [Sony]
DRM Digital Rights Management
DSLR Digital Single Lens Reflex (camera)
DSP Digital Signal Processing
DTS Digital Theatre System +
Digital Transceiving System
DTV Digital Television
DVC Digital Video Camera/Cassette + Dual Voice Coil
DVD Digital Video Disk
DVI Digital Video Interface
DVR Digital Video Recorder + Digital Voice Recorder
ECC Error Correcting Code
EDTV Enhanced Definition Television
EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
ELPH Entry Level PowerShot [Canon]
EOS Electro-Optical System [Canon]
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
ESP Estimated Selling Price
EVDO Evolution-Data Only (Broadband Access)
EWTS Enterprise Web Training System
FAX Facsimile
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FHSS Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum
FM Frequency Modulation
FSB Front Side Bus
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GHZ Gigahertz
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GPS Global Positioning System
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications +
Groupe Special Mobile (French)
GUID Globally Unique Identifier
HD Hard Drive
HDCP High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
High Definition Copy Protocol
HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDR High Dynamic Range (photography)
HDTV High-Definition Television
HP Hewlett-Packard (company)
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
Hz Hertz
ID Identification
I/O Input/Output
ISAPS Intelligent Scene Analysis based on
Photographic Space [Canon]
ISO International Standards Organization
ISP Internet Service Provider
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
Kbps Kilobits Per Second
KBps Kilobytes Per Second
LAN Local Area Network
LBS Pounds
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LCOS (LCoS) Liquid Crystal on Silicon
MAX Maximum
MB Megabyte (1,024 Kilobytes)
Mbps Megabits Per Second
MHZ Megahertz
MIC Microphone
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output
MM Millimeter
MMC Multimedia Card
MODEM Modulator/Demodulator
MOSFET Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
Field-Effect Transistor
MP Megapixel
MP3 Moving Pictures Experts Group Audio Layer 3
HPC High Performance Computing
MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group
MSN Microsoft Network
MSPR Manufacturer's Suggested Price
NIC Network Interface Card
NOAA National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
NTSC National Television Standards Committee
OAM Object Allocation Map
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OIS Optical Image Stabilizer
OS Operating System
PALC Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal (display)
PBP Picture-By-Picture
PC Personal Computer
PCN Personal Computer Network
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDF Portable Document File
PIM Personal Information Manager
PIP Personal Identity Provider +
Personal Information Portal +
Picture-In-Picture
PIXEL Picture Element
PK Pack
PMP Personal/Portable Multimedia Player
PNG Portable Network Graphics
POP Post Office Protocol
PPM Pages Per Minute
PSC Personal Super Computer +
Product Service Center
PTT Push To Talk
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QVGA Quarter Video Graphics Array
QWAVE Quality Windows Audio/Video
Experience [Microsoft]
RAM Random Access Memory
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RIM Research In Motion (company)
RMS Record Management Services
ROM Read Only Memory
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
SACD Super Audio Compact Disk
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SBS Small Business Server
SCI Serial Communications Interface
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
SDIO Secure digital Input/Output
SDMI Compliant Secure Digital Music Initiative
SDMMC Secure Digital Multi Media Card
SDRAM Synchronous DRAM
SDTV Standard Definition Television
SIMM Single In-Line Memory Module
SLP Super Long Play
SLR Single Lens Reflex
SP2 Service Pack 2 (Windows XP)
SPVA Super Patterned Vertical Alignment
SQL Structured Query Language
SRS Sound Retrieval System
SVCD Super Video Compact Disk
SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
SVHS Super VHS
SVIDEO Separate Video
SXGA Super Extended Graphics Array
SXRD Silicon Crystal Reflective Display
TFT Thin-Film Transistor
THD Total Harmonic Distortion
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TTL Through The Lens
TTS Text To Speech
TV Television
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UMD Universal Media Disk
UMPC Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus
UWB Ultra-Wide Band
VCD Video Compact Disk
VCR Video Cassette Recorder
VGA Video Graphics Array
VHF Very High Frequency
VHS Very High Speed
VIS Visable Image Size
VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
VOX Voice Operated
VR Virtual Reality
WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System
WAN Wide Area Network
WAV Waveform Audio
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
W/C Watts Per Channel
WCG Wide Color Gamut
WIFI (Wi-Fi) Wireless Fidelity
WIN/MAC Windows/Macintosh
WMA Windows Media Audio
WOW Window On Windows
WWW World Wide Web
WXGA Wide XGA
XGA Extended Graphics Array
XHMD X-Directed Horizontal Magnetic Dipole
XP Extreme Performance
XSLT Extensible Stylesheet Transformation
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