see acronyms from 11-14-05
CompTIA Computing Technology Industry Association
CPU Central Processing Unit
The 'brain' of the computer, in a way
CRIMM Continuity RIMM
Fills RDRAM slots that don't have a RIMM card
DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate SDRAM
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module
DRAM Dynamic RAM
ECC Error-Correcting Code
A type of memory
EDB External Data-Bus
EDO RAM Extended Data Out RAM
EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
FC-PGA Flip-Chip PGA
FPM Fast Page Mode
FRU Field-Replaceable Unit
Pronounced "F-R-U"
FSB Frontside Bus
IEEE 1394**
A type of FireWire connector
L1 Cache Level 1 Cache
The primary cache
L2 Cache Level 2 Cache
Used to be on a seperate chip, but is now pre-soldered to CPU
L3 Cache Level 3 Cache
MB Megabyte
MHz Megahertz
MRAM Magnetoresistive RAM
NMI Non-maskable Interrupt
PAC Pin Array Cartridge
PGA Pin Grid Array
PnP Plug-and-Play
RAM Random Access Memory
RFI Radio-Frequency Interference
Similar to EMI
RIMM*
A form of RDRAM(Rambus DRAM)
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
Pronounced "Scuzzy"
SDRAM Synchronous DRAM
SEC Single Edge Cartridge
SEP Single Edge Processor
SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
SIPP Single In-line Pin Package
SMM System Management Mode
SO-DIMM Small Outline DIMM
SO-RIMM Small Outline RIMM
USB Universal Serial Bus
VRM Voltage Regulator Module
An electronics component that supplies voltage to the CPU
ZIF Zero Insertion Force
A technology used in CPU sockets which makes installing CPUs a sinch
**IEEE stands for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, though this is unneccessary for you to know, as it does not give aid to your understanding of the term "IEEE 1394"