Computer Terms and Definitions

I created a glossary of Computer Terms and there definitions incase you do not uderstand some of the abreviations I have used throughtout this website. Knowing Computer Terms and what they mean can help you when you need to comunicate with somebody that is using computer terminology. Think of this as your computer dictionary while you are browsing this website. MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect ISA Industry Standard Architecture AGP Accelerated Graphics Port PCI-E Peripheral Component Interconnect Express GPU Graphics Processing Unit PPU Physics Processing Unit SLI Scalable Link Interface DVI Digital Video Interface VGA Video Graphics Array VIVO Video In, Video Out RAM Random Access Memory DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module SIMM Single Inline Memory Module DDR Double Data Rate DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory PSU Power Supply Unit AC Alternating current DC Direct Current MOBO Motherboard POST Power-on self-test BIOS Basic input/output system FSB Front Side Bus HDD Hard Disk Drive IDE Integrated Drive Electronics SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment RAID Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks E-Sata External-Serial Advanced Technology Attachment CPU Central Processing Unit PC Personal Computer MHz Megahertz OS Operating System LCD liquid crystal display CRT Cathode Ray Tube USB Universal Serial Bus