OCUK Dictionary of Commonly Used Abbreviations & Acronyms

[infernox]

good job andi, i knew most of them. I still dont really know what VRMs do. Wiki to the rescue .

 

[wangchen1990]

This is so great for new leaners like me who cant actually find out whats the difference between a LCD and a LED monitor

 

[cmndr_andi]

Hi guys,

Happy to hear the thread is being of some use.

I have just added or updated entries for:

GFX
Lapping
x64 (x86-64)
CUDA
PhysX
Eyefinity
Boot
I/O
PCH
UEFI
HD
cat5e
Chipset
DP
D-sub
Mini-DP
VGA

If you see an factual or spelling errors - please post here and I will correct them ASAP. Also, if you can word the definition better, then please post your version and I will most likely include it.

If you want to get a definition for something that hasn't been covered in the first post then please reply and mention it - we will try and give you a good definition and add it to the first post.

Also, if you know of something that is not mentioned on the first post, but does crop up a bit then please bring it to my attention. You don't need to provide the full definition, but it helps.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far

 

[iadde]

Nice job putting that together. I thought I knew most of it but this list is wicked.

 

[proxy10]

This would be good as part of the FAQS for new members.

 

[Shadz]

This is a very good topic for new members to the forum that don't know the lingo like us
old timers lol.

 

[Blueboottle]

Great sticky - always wondered what RMA meant.

I had some others but they're not really relevant to PC forum.

 

[bainbridge]

Great list, I couldn't think of any at all that weren't already there.

 

[PhilGQ]

IDE - Internal Drive Electronics - Hard disk controller interface limited to 512MB hard disks.

EIDE- Enhanced Internal Drive Electronics - Hard disk controller interface exceeds 512MB limit of IDE.

PCMCIA- Personal Computer Memory Card International Association - Laptop expansion port, for add in components such as wi-fi or modems.

my personal favourite of all time.

EDO DRAM SIMM - Exdended Data Output Dynamic Random Access Memory Single inline memory module - Old type of 72pin RAM

 

[Skepticx]

Cheers for the post, doing my Comptia a+ so i know most of these but a few i had never heard before.

 

[Humble_Pie]

Thanks, I was pretty sure I would know everything in here...

 

[russell664]

Good job I didn't know half of it.

 

[Akagi]

DIMM?
SODIMM?
XDR?
PSU? (might have missed it sorry if its there already)

 

[R.C.Anderson]

DIMM?
SODIMM?
XDR?
PSU? (might have missed it sorry if its there already)

PSU is already there, but the others:

DIMM - Dual In-line Memory Module
SODIMM - Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module
XDR - Extreme Data Rate

Don't know if you want a small blurb for each, but I don't have time at the moment to write one, so if you do, I'll do it this afternoon, when I get back from work

 

[SheepBeast]

mobo?
ODD? (optical disk drive)

apologies if they're already there, just skimmed through

 

[cmndr_andi]

Hi guys,

Thanks for those suggestions, I have added most of them in along with brief definitions.

 

[SFFNoob]

Thanks, thats actually cleared a lot up for me!

Sometimes thought I was in the dark!

 

[Ary101]

Yer agree really useful information =]

 

[Cleeecooo]

Some more suggestions

Rad - The big thing that dissipates heat in a watercooling loop, short for radiator

Res - Used in a watercooling loop to supply pump with fluid at all times, short for reservoir

 

[xiaotuanzi]

This would be good as part of the FAQS for new members.