SUBCATEGORIES

Adapters/Cards	Buses
Connectors, Plugs and Sockets	Data Storage
Hardware Companies	Input Devices
Integrated Circuits (ICs)	Keyboards
Memory	Mice
Microprocessors	Modems
Monitors	Motherboards
Networking Hardware	Output Devices
Performance	Peripheral Devices
Ports and Interfaces	Printers

TERMS

3D Stereo technology	4-way server
8-way server	accelerator board
ACHA	adapter
ADC	add-in
add-on	after sales support
air cooling	AMD Virtualization
amplifier repeater	AMR
ANI	anticipointment
antistatic mat	architecture
assistive technology	ATA
atomic operation	ATX
automatic test equipment	Avivo HD
AWT	backplane
backward compatible	bank
bare metal	barebones
bare-metal programming	battery pack
Bernoulli disk drive	BGA
Big Iron	blank-off plate
boot sequence	BRS
Btu	BTX
build to order	bunny suit
burn in	bus
candela	capacitive keyboard
CapEx	card
CELP	Certified Wireless USB
chassis	chassis intrusion connector
chip	chip creep
chips and salsa	chipset
clamping voltage	clean room
clock gating	Close to Metal
CMOS	CNR
COAST	codename
combo drive	command queuing and reordering
CompactFlash	compatible
computer cabinet	computer rack
computer system cooling	configuration
contact image sensor	COTS
CPE	creeping featurism
C-RIMM	crippleware
customer support	DDR-SDRAM
default gateway	device
device manager	Device Software Optimization
device-dependent	die
dielectric	digital access and cross-connect system (DACS)
direct memory execute	disk image
DOCSIS	dongle
DSO	dual head card
DVI to VGA adapter	DVI-I
early adopter	edge connector
electronic book	eSATA
expansion board	expansion slot
external data bus	fabless
fault tolerance	FC-PGA
firmware	flatbed scanner
footprint	forklift upgrade
form factor	Frankenpine
fried	FRU
future-proof	GBIC
GDDR	gender changer
glass house	GPU
GPU clock	granularity
gray market	HAL
hardware	Hardware Compatibility List
heat sink	heat spreader
HIPS	HLF
hold-up time	host bus
hot aisle/cold aisle	HWID
ICH	id10t error
IDF	IHV
iLO	iMac
in-circuit emulator	install
integrated	integrated peripheral
Intel Virtualization Technology	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
interconnect	internal bus
internal data bus	intrusion prevention system
IPS	Itanium
jukebox	kernel32.dll
keyboard wedge	kill switch
KVM switch	Larrabee
laser-marked keycap	latency
latency setting	LDCM
LED	legacy device
lithography	liveware
LLF	logic gate
LOM	loopback plug
massive array of idle disks	master/slave
MCH	MCU
MDF	memory bus
mode	modular architecture
Molex	MOSFET
MRAM	multiplier lock
multi-port memories	Native Command Queuing
netbook	NGMA
NIPS	nit
Northbridge	NTU
obsolete	OEM
oscillator clock	OUI
output	pad-printed keycap
patch cord	patch panel
PDU	PEBCAK
pedestal server	Pentium 4
peripheral device	personal Internet communicator
PFC	physical drive
physical erase unit	PIA
PIC	picnic
picoJava	pixel pipelines
Pixel Shader	platter
PLCC	PLD
plug compatible	plug-and-play
plug-in	power brick
power conditioner	power cycling
power down	power factor correction
power supply	power up
power-on self test	PPGA
printed circuit board	PSOP
PSU	punchdown block
PureVideo	PureVideo HD
quiesce	QVL
rack and stack	rackmount
raised floor	real printer
real-time clock	rectifier
redundant	refurbished
reset button	reverse Hyper-Threading
RILOE II	RIMM
riser card	RMA
router	routing switch
RTM	SATA II
seat	secondary memory
Serial ATA	server
server blade	server cage area
set-top box	shader
shadow mask	shock rating
shut down	SIMM
SiS	skunkworks
slave	SLI
slimline model	Slingbox
slot	slotket
smart card	SoC
SOE	software cooling
SOI	SOIC
solid state disk	SOP
Southbridge	spindle
split backplane	SPOF
spot cooling	SSOP
stand-alone	Standard Operating Environment
stereoscopic imaging	strain relief
structural hazard	SuperSpeed USB
surface-mount technology	surge protector
Suspend-to-RAM	switch
system bus	system resource
system unit	system weight
TC	TCQ
thermal compound	through-hole technology
TnL	toaster
TPM	travel weight
troubleshoot	TrueFFS
TSOP	tutorial
twinaxial cable	U3 smart drive
UMA	unified driver
upgrade	UPS
upward compatible	USB
USB 3.0	USB card reader
USB flash drive	USB Flash Drive Alliance
USRT	UVD
video adapter	voltage regulator
Von Neumann machine	VRM
VSB	wafer
Wake-on-LAN	warm-up time
watchdog	WfM
WHQL	Windows Image Acquisition
wireless bridge	WOL
wrapper	XLR
Y-Cable	ZIF socket
zoned-bit recording