AGP

Accelerated Graphics Port

- Motherboard format (Hardware) (Intel)

ATX

Advanced Technology eXtended

- (Hardware)

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a cable replacement technology that uses radio waves to transmit data to a distance of up to 30 feet. Bluetooth data can be transferred through walls, pockets, and briefcases. Technology development for Bluetooth is driven by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), which published the Bluetooth version 1.0 specification in 1999. Alternatively, to connect devices at a very close range (1 meter or less), users can create infrared links.

- (Hardware)

Card Reader

A device installed into computer to read storage devices called memory cards witch can be used to store photographs or music. (Sony Memory Stick) (Panasonic SD card)

CD-ROM

Compact Disk Read Only Memory

- A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 600 megabytes) and the use of laser optics rather than magnetic means for reading data. (Hardware)

CPU

Central Processing Unit

-The part of the computer in which calculations and manipulations take place. (Hardware)

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

- The CRT operates by firing an electron beam that strikes the inside of the monitor's display surface, which is coated with phosphor. The phosphor glows   briefly when excited by the beam. (Hardware)

DDR

Double Data Rate

- Memory access architecture (Hardware)

DirectAGP

The video display adapter is located on the motherboard

- (hardware)

DVD-RAM

Digital Video (Versatile) Disk - Random Access Memory

- A drive that reads and writes DVD's (Hardware)

DVD-ROM

Digital Video (Versatile) Disk - Read Only Memory

- A Drive that only reads DVD's (Hardware)

Ethernet

An IEEE 802.3 standard for contention networks. Ethernet uses a bus or star topology and relies on the form of access known as Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/DC) to regulate communication line traffic. Network nodes are linked by coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, or by twisted-pair wiring. Data is transmitted in variable-length frames containing delivery and control information and up to 1,500 bytes of data. The Ethernet standard provides for base band transmission at 10 megabits (10 million bits) per second.

- (Hardware)

Firewire
(IEEE 3194)

A Standard for high speed serial devices such as a digital video and digital audio editing equipment.

- (Hardware)

FSB

Front Side Bus

- The bus within a microprocessor that connects the CPU with main memory (Hardware)

Gig

Gigabyte

- 1024 Megabytes (Hardware)

GHz

Gigahertz

- (Hardware)

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

- (Organizations)

Inkjet Printer

A printer that utilises ink droplets to transfer text or graphics onto paper. 

- (Hardware)

LAN

Local Area Network

- Data communications network connecting computers and related equipment, usually over an area not greater than 10 km (Networking)

Laser Printer

A printer technology that utilises toner (powdered ink) to transfer text and graphics to paper.

- (Hardware)

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

- (Hardware)

Li-Ion

A battery type

- (Hardware)

MB

Megabyte

- 1024 kilobytes (Hardware)

MHz

Megahertz

- (Hardware)

PCMCIA

 Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

-An organization that supports several standards for a compact hardware interface that accepts a variety of devices
(Organizations)

PS/2

Personal System 2

- IBM personal computer family (Hardware) (IBM)

RAM

Random Access Memory

- (Hardware)

ROM

Read Only Memory

- (Hardware)

SVGA

Super Video Graphics Array

- Video specification for a resolution of 800 X 600 pixels in 256 colours (Hardware)

TFT

Thin Film Transistor

- LCD monitors manufacturing technology (Hardware)

USB

Universal Serial Bus

- Hardware

XGA

eXtended Graphics Array

- Video specification for a resolution of 1024 X 768 pixels in 256 colours (Hardware)