CPU               Central processing unit                        中央處理器

I/O                Input/Output                                      輸入輸出

BCD              Binary coded decimal                 二進(jìn)制編碼的十進(jìn)制，二—十進(jìn)制

ASCII            American  standard code for information interchange 美國(guó)信息交換用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)代碼

EBCDIC        Extended binary coded decimal interchange code       擴(kuò)展的二—十進(jìn)制交換碼

MHz              megahertz                                        兆赫

ALU              Arithmetic and logic unit                    算術(shù)/邏輯部件

RAM             Random-Access Memory                   隨機(jī)(訪問(wèn))存儲(chǔ)器

ROM             Read-Only Memory                           只讀存儲(chǔ)器

CD-ROM       Compact Disk ROM                          只讀光盤(pán)

DRAM          Dynamic RAM                                 動(dòng)態(tài)隨機(jī)存儲(chǔ)器

WORM         Write once, read many                      一次寫(xiě)多次讀

DMA             Direct memory access                              直接存儲(chǔ)器存取

CRT              Cathode-ray tube                                     陰極射線管

LCD              Liquid-crystal display                        液晶顯示

ELD              Electro-luminescent display                電致發(fā)光監(jiān)視器

PCI               Peripheral component interconnect     外圍部件互連(總線)

RISC             Reduced instruction set computer       精簡(jiǎn)指令系統(tǒng)計(jì)算機(jī)

CISC             Complex instruction set computer       復(fù)雜指令系統(tǒng)計(jì)算機(jī)

IC                 Integrated Circuit                              集成電路

MMXs          Multimedia extensions                       多媒體擴(kuò)展

UP                Uniprocessing                                   單處理(技術(shù))

MP                Multiprocessing                                多(重)處理(技術(shù))

LAN              Local area network                           局域網(wǎng)

SMP              Symmetric multiprocessing                對(duì)稱多處理(技術(shù))

NUMA           Non Nniform Memory Architectures    非均勻內(nèi)存結(jié)構(gòu)

MIPS            Millions of instruction executed per Second       百萬(wàn)條指令(數(shù))每秒

SPEC            System Performance Evaluation Cooperative      系統(tǒng)性能評(píng)價(jià)合作組織

USB               Universal Serial Bus                           通用串行總線

LIFO     last in first out                            后進(jìn)先出

FIFO     first in first out                            先進(jìn)先出

HPIFO    highest-priorityi ,first-out                   最高優(yōu)先級(jí)先進(jìn)先出

IOCS     input/output control system                  輸入輸出控制系統(tǒng)

SMP      Symmetric Multi Processing                對(duì)稱式多處理器

EFS       encrypting file system                     加密文件系統(tǒng)

VPN       virtual private network                    虛擬專用網(wǎng)

QoS       quality of service                        服務(wù)質(zhì)量

NTFS    new technology file system                  NT文件系統(tǒng)  

PK       public key                               公鑰

Windows NT  Windows New Technology              WindowsNT 操作系統(tǒng)

NetBIOS   network basic input/output system           網(wǎng)絡(luò)基本輸入輸入系統(tǒng)

DDNS    Dynamic Domain Name System              動(dòng)態(tài)域名系統(tǒng)

WINS     Windows  Internet Naming Service          視窗因特網(wǎng)名字服務(wù)

TCO      total cost of ownership                     總擁有成本

LDP      Linux documentation project                 Linux文檔計(jì)劃

GPL       General Public License                    公用授權(quán)協(xié)議

POSIX      Portable Operating System UNIX           可移植的UNIX操作系統(tǒng)

GNU      Gnu’s Not UNIX                          一個(gè)自由軟件組織