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

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	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	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	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
GBIC	GDDR
gender changer	glass house
GPU	GPU clock
granularity	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	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	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
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	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	wireless bridge
WOL	wrapper
XLR	Y-Cable
ZIF socket	zoned-bit recording