Calling all Computer geeks: How many Computer related Acronyms can you list?

[KBrinks]

Example: Rom, Ram, NIC

and give the full name along with the Acronyms

 

[J3anyus]

Too many.

EEPROM, DIP, RAM, ROM, CMOS, TTL, HDD, CPU, PSU, HSF, etc.

I guess since I'm bored I'll list what they stand for.

EEPROM - Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
DIP - Dual Inline Package
RAM - Random Access Memory
ROM - Read Only Memory
CMOS - Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
TTL - Transistor Transistor Logic
HDD - Hard disk drive (derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
CPU - Central Processing Unit
PSU - Power Supply Unit
HSF - Heatsink/Fan

Yeah, I know a bunch more, but I'm not that bored

 

[Jerboy]

<< Example: Rom, Ram, NIC

and give the full name along with the Acronyms >>




CD-ROM, Compact Disc Read Only Memory
IGBT, Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
SCR, Silicon Controlled Rectifier
CCD, Charge Coupled Device
DT, Delirium Tremen
IBM, International Business Machines
MS-DOS, Microsoft Disk-Operating System
SCSI, Small Computer System Interface
EIDE, Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics(had to use dictionary on this)
ASPI, Advanced Small computer system interface Programming Interface
GHz, Giga Hertz which means 10E09 cycles per seconds
CFM, Cubic Feet per Minute
RPM, Revolutions Per Minute
IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DDR-RAM, Double Data Rate-Random Access Memory
CAS, Column Access Strobe or Chemical Abstracts Service


'puter shorthands,

ru= are you
u= you
IMHO= in my humble opinion
AFAIK=as far as I know
LMAO=Laugh My Ass Off
ROFL=rolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAO=rolling on floor laughing my ass off
l8er=later
str8=straight
sk8=skate
RTFM=Read the Fvcking manual

Here's the one many people are mislead on:

DVD, Digital Versatile Disc, not Digital Video Disc

 

[Logix]

BIOS - Basic Input Output System
GPU - Graphics Processing Unit
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
USB - Universal Serial Bus
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
DDR - Double Data Rate
DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
XP - eXPerienced/Extreme Performance
AYBABTU - All Your... well you know how it goes.

NEF - ATOT

 

[amnesiac]

RTFM

 

[compuwiz1]

MTBF
STFUOICYFTO

 

[hzl eyed grl]

<< STFUOICYFTO >>


LOL There's one I don't see all that often.

 

[compuwiz1]

Hazel, it's from the good ol days here.
BTW, how are ya, darlin?

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Yes, I know. I even know what it means. :Q Heehee

I'm doing good. I'm hoping to go up to Sac for a visit either next month or Jan. I miss it!!!! I'm going to try to meet Kamiam while I'm there. Maybe we can all have lunch or something if ya wanna.

 

[compuwiz1]

Call me....see PM

 

[woodly6]

Hey whats up Sacramento representin! (ATOT Lunchoen for us scarce sacramento AT'ers?)

To be with the thread:

http = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

 

[hzl eyed grl]

FTP - File Transfer Protocol (Right? I'll be sooo embarassed if I'm wrong. lol)
HTML - HyperText Markup Language

Compuwiz - I'll look for the PM.

EDIT: Woodly - What part of Sac are you? Would you be interested in a lunch meeting or something too?

 

[gittyup]

WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get

 

[woodly6]

<< What part of Sac are you? Would you be interested in a lunch meeting or something too? >>



I live very near Sacramento but spend alot and I mean alot of time in the Old, Mid and Downtown areas.


I would be interested

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Old Sac is very pretty. They have some neat little stores over there that I'd like to go in. There were a couple that had toe rings I liked. Okay, we'll start another thread later for a N. Cali meet. heehee

e-mail - electronic mail (keeping with the spirit of the thread)

 

[kt]

CMOS - Complementary Metal-Oxide Silicon
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
TFT - Thin Film Transistors
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS - Domain Name System/Service
RPC - Remote Procedure Call

... i am falling asleep.

 

[DannyLove]

how can you ask such a basic question with so many results, its like asking, Do you know how many sand pebbles there are in the western coast? if so name each type.

COME ON!

danny~!

 

[wolf550e]

<< CMOS - Complementary Metal-Oxide Silicon >>



i think the S stands for "Semiconductor"

what is "STFUOICYFTO" ?

i can understand the first four (4) letters, but what is all the rest? elaborate flaming from early days of AT?

 

[Nemesis77]

Alot, do you want me to list them all?

I espesially like the "hacker"-acronyms. Like:

GNU = Gnu's Not Unix
WINE = Wine Is Not an Emulator
HURD = HIRD of Unix-Replacing Daemons
HIRD (see above) = HURD of Interfaces Representing Depth

 

[joohang]

XP - also eXtreme Programming

I can probably list hundreds easily, but I'm not going to bother for reasons danny~! and others mentioned.

 

[jjones]

WTF? = BSOD

 

[BigToque]

<< what is "STFUOICYFTO" ?

i can understand the first four (4) letters, but what is all the rest? elaborate flaming from early days of AT? >>



When I first saw it, I thought it was: Shut the Fsck Up Or I'll Cut Your Fscking Thumbs Off

Hey, it works

 

[RegaPlanet]

How does 137 pages of them sound!?!?!?

 

[Hallzy]

good find

 

[BeauJangles]

<< How does 137 pages of them sound!?!?!? >>



Lol, i guess this thread is dead now