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Hardware Term	Tech Factor	Acronym
Access Point	6
Active-Matrix	7
ADC	8	Analog-to-Digital Converter
ADF	8	Automatic Document Feeder
ADSL	7	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP	4	Accelerated Graphics Port
ATA	6	Advanced Technology Attachment
Backside Bus	9
Base Station	5
Blu-ray	5
Boot Disk	4
Bridge	8
Bus	5
Cable Modem	2
Card Reader	5
CCD	7	Charged Coupled Device
CD	1	Compact Disc
CD-R	3	Compact Disc Recordable
CD-ROM	2	Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CD-RW	3	Compact Disc Re-Writable
Chip	4
Chipset	9
CISC	9	Complex Instruction Set Computing
Clone	5
Cluster	6
CMOS	10	Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Compact Flash	4
Component	7
Computer	1
Controller Card	7
CPU	3	Central Processing Unit
CRT	5	Cathode Ray Tube
DAC	7	Digital-to-Analog Converter
DDR	7	Double Data Rate
DDR2	7	Double Data Rate 2
Degauss	8
DIMM	7	Dual In-Line Memory Module
DMA	8	Direct Memory Access
Dongle	9
Dot Pitch	8
DRAM	6	Dynamic Random Access Memory
DSL	2	Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM	9	Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
Dual-Core	6
DVD	1	Digital Versatile Disc
DVD+R	3	Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD+RW	4	Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVD-R	3	Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD-RAM	7	Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
DVD-RW	4	Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVI	5	Digital Video Interface
DVR	4	Digital Video Recorder
ECC	9	Error Correction Code
EIDE	7	Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
Ethernet	3
Expansion Card	7
External Hard Drive	5
Fiber-Optic Cable	7
Firewire	4
Flash Drive	4
Flash Memory	3
Flatbed	3
Floppy Disk	3
FPU	9	Floating Point Unit
FSB	8	Frontside Bus
GPU	7	Graphics Processing Unit
Hard Disk	4
Hard Drive	2
Hard Token	7
Hardware	1
HDMI	5	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
Heat Sink	6
Host	7
HSF	8	Heat Sink and Fan
Hub	5
I/O Address	9
IBM Compatible	3
IDE	8	Integrated Device Electronics or Integrated Development Environment
IGP	7	Integrated Graphics Processor
IMAP	6	Internet Message Access Protocol
Inkjet	4
Input Device	4
Integrated Circuit	7
Interface	4
iPod	3
IRQ	6	Interrupt Request
ISA	7	Industry Standard Architecture
Joystick	4
Jumper	8
Keyboard	1
KVM Switch	6	Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Switch
Laptop	1
Laser Printer	4
LCD	4	Liquid Crystal Display
LED	4	Light-Emitting Diode
MAC Address	7	Media Access Control Address
Mainframe	7
MCA	9	Micro Channel Architecture
Media	4
Memory	2
Memory Module	7
Memory Stick	4
Mirrored Volume	7
Modem	3
Monitor	2
Motherboard	5
Mouse	1
Multiprocessing	6
NAS	7
NIC	7	Network Interface Card
Node	7
Northbridge	9
Optical Drive	5
Optical Media	6
Output Device	4
Overclocking	8
Parallel Port	6
PC	2	Personal Computer
PCB	8	Printed Circuit Board
PCI	6	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI Express	7
PCI-X	8	Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
PCMCIA	8	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA	4	Personal Digital Assistant
Peripheral	4
Pipeline	8
Plug and Play	4
PMU	8	Power Management Unit
Power Cycle	5
Power Supply	5
PPGA	10	Plastic Pin Grid Array
PRAM	9	Parameter Random Access Memory
Printer	1
Processor	4
PROM	8	Programmable Read-Only Memory
PS/2	6	Personal System/2
Quad-Core	6
RAM	3	Random Access Memory
RDRAM	9	Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RFID	7	Radio-Frequency Identification
RISC	9	Reduced Instruction Set Computing
ROM	6	Read-Only Memory
Router	6
SAN	8	Storage Area Network
SATA	6	Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
Scanner	2
Scroll Wheel	3
SCSI	7	Small Computer System Interface
SD	6	Secure Digital
SDRAM	6	Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
Sector	8
Serial Port	4
Server	5
Shift Key	2
SIMM	7	Single In-Line Memory Module
SLI	9	Scalable Link Interface
SMART	9	Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SO-DIMM	7	Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
Solid State	5
Sound Card	3
Southbridge	9
SRAM	7	Static Random Access Memory
Storage Device	4
Supercomputer	7
Superscalar	9
Surge Protector	2
Switch	5
System Requirements	3
System Unit	6
Tape Drive	7
TFT	9	Thin-Film Transistor
Thick Client	8
Thin Client	8
Thyristor	10
Toslink	8
Trackball	3
Trinitron	7
Ultra DMA	9
UML	9	Unified Modeling Language
UPnP	8	Universal Plug and Play
UPS	7	Uninterruptible Power Supply
USB	2	Universal Serial Bus
VDU	8	Visual Display Unit
VGA	5	Video Graphics Array
Video Card	4
VLB	10	VESA Local Bus
Volume	7
VRAM	7	Video Random Access Memory
Webcam	4
Workstation	4
X86	7
ZIF	8	Zero Insertion Force

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