Random PC Terminology

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Hint	Answer
PC	Personal Computer
µP	Microprocessor
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
CSS	Cascading Style Sheets
PHP	Hypertext Preprocessor
MAN	Metropolitan Area Network
P2P	Peer to peer
VGA	Video Graphics Array
XGA	Extended Graphics Array
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LED	Light Emitting Diode
CCFL	Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
APU	Accelerated Processing Unit
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
IP	Internet Protocol
DNS	Domain Name System
CD-R	Compact Disc Recordable
DVD-R	Digital Versatile Disc Recordable / Digital Video Disc Recordable
DVD+RW	Digital Versatile Disc ReWritable / Digital Video Disc ReWritable
BD-RE	Blu-ray Disc Recordable Erasable
XML	Extensible Markup Language
XHTML	Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
CF	Compact Flash
MS	Memory Stick
SD	Secure Digital
AMR	Adaptive Multi-rate / Adaptive Multi-rate compression
CPU	Central Processing Unit
ALU	Arithmetic Logic Unit
RAM	Random Access Memory
ROM	Read Only Memory
SAM	Sequential Access Memory
DOS	Disk Operating System
MPEG	Moving Picture Experts Group
DD	Dolby Digital
DTS	Digital Theater System / Digital Theatre System
HW	Hardware
SW	Software
FW	Firmware
HDD	Hard Disc Drive
SSD	Solid State Drive
FDD	Floppy Disc Drive
ODD	Optical Disc Drive
CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
HTTP(S)	Hypertext Transfer Protocol / HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
LTE	Long Term Evolution
BMP	BitMaP
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format
PNG	Portable Network Graphics
TIFF	Tag Image File Format / Tagged Image File Format
AIO	All in one
HTPC	Home Theater PC / Home Theatre PC / Home Theater Personal Computer

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