Computer Acronyms

— A —

ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
ALI - Acer Labs, Incorporated
ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
APC - American Power Conversion
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
AT - Advanced Technology
ATI - ATI Technologies Inc.
ATX - Advanced Technology Extended

— B —
BFG - BFG Technologies
BIOS - Basic Input Output System
BNC - Barrel Nut Connector

— C —
CAS - Column Address Signal
CD - Compact Disk
CDR - Compact Disk Recorder
CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer
CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute (ft�/min)
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CTX - CTX Technology Corporation (Commited to Excellence)

— D —

DDR - Double Data Rate
DDR-SDRAM - Double Data Rate - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DFI - DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation)
DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module
DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
DPI - Dots Per Inch
DSL - See ASDL
DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory

— E —
ECC - Error Correction Code
ECS - Elitegroup Computer Systems
EDO - Extended Data Out
EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EVGA - EVGA Corporation

— F —
FC-PGA - Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
FPS - Frame Per Second
FPU - Floating Point Unit
FSAA - Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
FS - For Sale
FSB - Front Side Bus

— G —
GB - Gigabytes
GBps - Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second
GDI - Graphical Device Interface
GHz - GigaHertz

— H —
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
HIS - Hightech Information System Limited
HP - Hewlett-Packard Development Company
HSF - Heatsink-Fan

— I —
IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
IC - Integrated Circuit
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
IFS- Item for Sale
IRQ - Interrupt Request
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
ISO - International Standards Organization

— J —
JBL - JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers
JVC - JVC Company of America

- K —
Kbps - Kilobits Per Second
KBps - KiloBytes per second

— L —
LG - LG Electronics
LAN - Local Are Network
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LDT - Lightning Data Transport
LED - Light Emitting Diode

— M —
MAC - Media Access Control
MB � MotherBoard or Megabyte
MBps - Megabytes Per Second
Mbps - Megabits Per Second or Megabits Per Second
MHz - MegaHertz
MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second
MMX - Multi-Media Extensions
MSI - Micro Star International

— N —
NAS - Network Attached Storage
NAT - Network Address Translation
NEC - NEC Corporation
NIC - Network Interface Card

— O —
OC - Overclock (Over Clock)
OCZ - OCZ Technology
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

— P —
PC - Personal Computer
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PCMCIA - Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture
PGA - Professional Graphics Array
PLD - Programmable Logic Device
PM - Private Message / Private Messaging
PnP - Plug ‘n Play
PNY - PNY Technology
POST - Power On Self Test
PPPoA - Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PQI - PQI Corporation
PSU - Power Supply Unit

— R —
RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM - Random Access Memory
RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor
RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
ROM - Read Only Memory
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute

— S —
SASID - Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
SCA - SCSI Configured Automatically
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SECC - Single Edge Contact Connector
SODIMM - Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
SPARC - Scalable Processor ArChitecture
SOHO - Small Office Home Office
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
SSE - Streaming SIMD Extensions
SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array
S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interface

— T —
TB - Terabytes
TBps - Terabytes per second
Tbps - Terabits per second
TDK - TDK Electronics
TEC - Thermoelectric Cooler
TPC - TipidPC
TWAIN - Technology Without An Important Name

— U —
UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB - Universal Serial Bus
UTP - Unshieled Twisted Pair

— V —
VCD - Video CD
VPN - Virtual Private Network

— W —
WAN - Wide Area Network
WTB - Want to Buy
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

— X —
XGA - Extended Graphics Array
XFX - XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS - Extended Memory Specification
XT - Extended Technology

How to Format and Fix Corrupted USB Flash Drives?

Simply right click on your pendrive or usb flash drive in windows explorer and choose format it.

When formatting the flash drive, there is an option called “File System“. Now choose “FAT“. Remember this is not FAT32. After that just click on format and wait.

After that you can continue using your flash drive like normal.

If you encountered any problem, please do share with us.

Generic Volume Cannot Be Stopped Right Now

When you try to remove a USB pendrive by using “Safely Remove Hardware > Safely remove USB Mass Storage device” option, windows should stop all the read and write operations on the drive so that the drive can be safely removed without damaging the files stored inside the drive.

If you encountered this error “Generic Volume Cannot Be Stopped Right Now” messages

Try using the following solution:

This error occur when there are some files located in your pen drive are in used by some running applications. Try closing all such files or applications such as windows explorer and try removing the drive.

If you still cannot remove your usb drives try this second method which require you to download file unlocker utility.

How To Safely Remove USB Pen Drive with Unlocker?

1. Download Unlocker from here and install it on your computer.
2. Right click on your USB pen drive in my computer and select Unlocker.
3. Next, click Unlock All
4. Now you can remove your pen drive normally using “Safely Remove Hardware”

Delete Temporary Internet Files For More Space

If you are one of the regular internet user, make sure you delete your temporary internet files regularly. You can do this by clicking Tools and Internet Options in your Internet Explorer menu. Once you deleted these files, make sure you also delete your Browsing History which is also located there.

How to Protect Your Laptop

Do you worry about your laptop when bringing them along to travel? Here is a solution to secure your laptop. Here are some simple ways to protect your laptop from all sorts of problems from theft to accidental damage. This method will keep your computer as safe as possible without spending another big buck on it.

STEP 1: Record the serial number and store it in a safe place. You should also add the laptop to your home owner’s insurance policy.

STEP 2: Don’t turn your back on your computer when you’re out in public. Don’t even leave the laptop unattended. There are so many laptop thefts around.

STEP 3: When you stay in a hotel, use the safe to secure your laptop. You can also lock the laptop on the bed or desk with a chain and padlock. There are many other notebook locks out there that you can obtain easily.

Good Luck

Problem with Internet Explorer and Firefox

If you have problem running Internet Explorer or Firefox, and want to use Internet Explorer as usual, you can disable all the addons and run IE or Firefox.

Run Firefox Without Extensions
- Go to the Run dialog by going to Start > Run
- Type firefox -safe-mode

Run Internet Explorer Without Addons
- Go to Start > Run
- Type iexplore -extoff

Backup Firefox Bookmarks Online

Since Firefox bookmark is saved in your harddisk under your Firefox profiles, there is no way to access the bookmarks from another computer.

Follow these steps to install the Firefox Foxmarks add-on so that you can backup them online and restore it on another computer.

Step 1: Download the add-on using your Firefox browser http://www.foxmarks.com/

Step 2: Install the add-on by clicking the “install now” button.

Step 2: Install the same plugin to your other computer’s Firefox browser. This add-on allow you to restore the bookmarks on another computer.

Step 3: Follow the Foxmarks setup screen. Enter your username, email address and password to be able to create an account for Foxmarks.

Step 4: At other computers, login to FoxMarks to see the bookmarks uploaded from your previous computer.