Glossary: for Newbies, by Newbies. v.02
Are you new to forums?
Confused with some of the terms and acronyms?
Don’t worry my friend. Istoryans will help you.
Read on to find some of the meanings.
Author’s Notes:
First of all, this thread is open to anyone, but most especially intended for newbies, like me.
I noticed that some of our fellow members and guests are a bit lost when it comes to the web lingo.
That inspired me to compose this thread.
Here, I have compiled some of the common terms used and their associated meaning.
Thanks to those who pitched in a lot of new terms.
ACRONYMS
3G – Third Generation
4G – Fourth Generation
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AFAIC – As Far As Im Concerned
AFAIK – As Far As I Know
AFK – Away From Keyboard
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment
ATX – Advance Technology Extended
AVX– Advance Vector Extensions
BIOS - Basic Input/Output System
BMP – Bitmap
BRB – Be Right Back
BTDT – Been There Done That
BTW – By the way (not “bitaw”. Haha)
BUAG – Butt Ugly ASCII Graphic
C/C – Comments and Criticism
CD – Compact Disk
CDFS - Compact Disc File System
CD-R - Compact Disc Recordable
CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CD-RW - Compact Disc Re-Writable
CMOS – Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
CPU – Central Processing Unit
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
DDR – Double Data Rate
DDR2 - Double Data Rate Type-2
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module
DMA - Direct Memory Access
DPI - Dots Per Inch
DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DV - Digital Video
DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
DVD+R - Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD+RW - Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVD-R - Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
DVD-RW - Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVI - Digital Video Interface
DVR - Digital Video Recorder
ECC - Error Correction Code
EIDE - Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EOM– End of Message
FAQ– Frequently Asked Questions
FC – Feeling Close
FIFO - First In, First Out
FSB – Front Side Bus
FTFY– Fixed That For You
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FTW– For the Win
FWIW– For What Its Worth
FYI– For Your Information
GDDR – Graphics Double Data Rate. See DDR
GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out
GPS - Global Positioning System
GPU – Graphics Processing Unit. see also VGA
GTG– Got To Go
GUI - Graphical User Interface
HDD –Hard Disk Drive
HDMI - High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDTV - High Definition Televsion
HDV - High-Definition Video
HHWW– Holding Hands While Walking
HSF - Heat Sink and Fan
HTH – Hope That/This Helps
HTML - Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTPC – Home Theater Personal Computer
HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS - HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
IANAL– I Am Not A Lawyer
I/O - Input/Output
IDE - Integrated Device Electronics or Integrated Development Environment
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGP - Integrated Graphics Processor
IM - Instant Message
IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
IMHO - in my honest/humble opinion
IMNSHO– In My Not So Humble Opinion
IIRC– If I Recall Correctly
IOW– In Other Words
IP - Internet Protocol
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRQ - Interrupt Request
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP - Internet Service Provider
IT - Information Technology
IVR - Interactive Voice Response
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE - Java Runtime Environment
KVM Switch - Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Switch
LAN - Local Area Network
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LED - Light-Emitting Diode
LFG– Looking For Group
LGA – Land Grid Array
LIFO - Last In, First Out
LMAO – Laughing my A** Off
LOL – Laughing Out Loud
MAC Address - Media Access Control Address
MCP – Multi Chip Package
MCH – Memory Controller Hub
MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIPS– Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
MMORPG– Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
MMS - Multimedia Messaging Service
MOSFET - Metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor
MOTAS– Member of the Approapriate S3x
MOTOS– Member of the Opposite S3x
MOTSS– Member of the Same S3x
MP3 - MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG - Moving Picture Experts Group
NB – North Bridge
NG– Newsgroup
NIC - Network Interface Card
NIK – Now I Know
NOC - Network Operations Center
NT– No Text
NTFS - New Technology File System
NVRAM - Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
ODD – Optical Disc Drive
OMG– Oh My God
OS – Operating Software
OSRI - Operating System Re-Install or better known as "reformat" in laymans term
OT - Off Topic
OTOH– On the Other Hand
P2P - Peer To Peer
PAN – Personal Area Network
PATA – Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
PC - Personal Computer
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-E - Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PDF - Portable Document Format
PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor
PNG - Portable Network Graphic
POP3 - Post Office Protocol
POST – Power On Self Test
PPM - Pages Per Minute
PPP - Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PS/2 - Personal System/2
PSU – Power Supply Unit
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM - Random Access Memory
RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RGB - Red Green Blue
RISC– Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RL– Real Life
ROFL – Rolling on Floor Laughing
ROM - Read-Only Memory
RPC - Remote Procedure Call
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
RSS - RDF Site Summary
RTE - Runtime Environment
RTF - Rich Text Format
RTFM– Read the Fine Manual
SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SB – South Bridge
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SD - Secure Digital
SDK - Software Development Kit
SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SEO - Search Engine Optimizatio
SIMD– Single Instruction Multiple Data
SIMM - Single In-Line Memory Module
SKU - Stock Keeping Unit
SLI - Scalable Link Interface
SMART - Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SMS - Short Message Service
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SO– Significant Other
SODIMM – Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
SSE– Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSF – Small Form Factor
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TLA– Three Letter Acronym
TS – Thread Starter
TTYL– Talk To You Later
TWAIN - Toolkit Without An Informative Name
UPnP - Universal Plug and Play
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
USB – Universal Serial Bus
VGA - Video Graphics Array
VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VRAM - Video Random Access Memory
WAN - Wide Area Network
WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
WFN– Wrong Forum Noob
Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity
WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access
WTF– What The F*** (Where’s the Fish?)
WYSIWYG– What you See Is what You get
YMMH– You Might Mean Here
YMMV– Your Mileage may Vary
ZIF - Zero Insertion Force
CLIPPINGS
Infrac – short for infraction
Mobo – short for motherboard
Mod – short for modification or moderator
Procie – short for processor
TECHNICAL TERMS
Bandwidth - a rate of data transfer, bit rate or throughput, measured in bits per second (bps)
Bits per second – (bps) is the standard unit for measuring data transmission speed
Boot - In simple terms, to boot a computer is to turn it on. Once the computer's power is turned on, the "boot process" takes place. This process involves loading the startup instructions from the computer's ROM, followed by loading the operating system from the current boot disk. The boot disk is usually an internal hard drive, but can also be an external drive, a CD or DVD-ROM, or even a floppy disk. Once the operating system software is loaded, the boot process is complete and the computer is ready to be used.
Bottleneck – a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources
Bus - the term used in computer science which talks about the physical connections into the board, carries data in and out the processor, rams and northbridge
Cache - A special high-speed storage mechanism which can be either a reserved section of main memory or an independent high-speed storage device. The cache enhances the efficiency of many processor operations. L1 = primary, L2 = secondary.
Chassis - refers to the rigid framework on to which the motherboard, memory, disk drives, and other equipment are mounted. Comes in different form factors: pico ITX, nano ITX, mini ITX, micro ATX, standard ATX,
CMOS - A type of electronic circuit. Computers use a small amount of battery powered CMOS memory to hold date, time, and System Setup options
Double Data Rate – a modern kind of DRAM with a high bandwidth interface. Usually followed by a number indicating the type or version. Ex. DDR2, DDR3, GDDR5
Driver – Software that allows the operating system to control a device such as a printer. Many devices do not work properly if the correct driver is not installed in the computer
Generic – common. As in generic brand
Heatsink - A metal plate on some processors that helps dissipate heat.
Land Grid Array - is a type of surface-mount packaging for integrated circuits (ICs) that is notable for having the pins on the socket rather than the integrated circuit. An LGA can be electrically connected to a printed circuit board (PCB) either by the use of a socket or by soldering directly to the board.
Modular - Designed with standardized units or dimensions, as for easy assembly and repair or flexible arrangement and use: modular cables in PSU
Partition - A physical storage area on a hard drive that is assigned to one or more logical storage areas known as logical drives. Each partition can contain multiple logical drives.
Pixel - A single point on a display screen. Pixels are arranged in rows and columns to create an image. A video resolution, such as 800 x 600, is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down.
Power On Self Test – (POST) It is a diagnostic program built into the computer's hardware that tests different hardware components before the computer boots up
RAID 0 - uses a storage technique known as data striping to provide a high data access rate. Data striping is a method of writing consecutive segments, or stripes, of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to create a large virtual drive. Data striping allows one of the drives to read data while the other drive is searching for and reading the next block. Because a RAID level 0 configuration provides no data redundancy, a failure of one drive results in the loss of all data. To protect your data when using a RAID level 0 configuration, perform regular backups. Another advantage of a RAID level 0 configuration is that it utilizes the full storage capacities of the drives. For example, two 120-GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of hard drive space on which to store data.
Readme File - A text file included with a software package or hardware product.Typically, readme files provide installation information and describe new product enhancements or corrections that have not yet been documented.
Rig – PC configuration, sometimes pertains to a PC built for high-performance gaming
System Unit – refers to the complete system itself, all components included
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This is still a work in progress.
A HUGE WAVE OF UPDATES ARE COMING.
Feel free to ask about the words your confused, and we will try to answer.
There are a lot of members here that are willing to help.
Everyone is encourage to contribute.
HTH.
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Changelog:
12-05-2011 v.01a
-thread created
12-05-2011 v.01b
-added subclasses
-new terms
-arranged alphabetically
12-06-2011 v.01c
-lots of new terms
12-07-2011 v.01d
-new terms
12-15-2011 v.02
-new acronyms
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Sources:
Wikipedia
Webster
Istorya
Other forums
Special Thanks to:
werty
AMD_infinium05
Siopao1984
butitoy
Glossary: for Newbies, by Newbies
Originally Posted by akomao
nice ni para naa nai reference ang mga newbies
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