Algumas siglas usadas nesse nosso mondo bizzarre:
AI Artificial Intelligence
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BASIC Beginner’s All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (programming)
BCD Binary Coded Decimal (programming)
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BPS Bits Per Second (communication)
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAE Computer Aided Engineering
CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering (programming)
CCITT Consultative Committee for International Telephony & Telegraphy
CD-ROM Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
CGA Color Graphics Adapter (screen)
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (memory)
CPI Characters Per Inch (printer)
CPL Characters Per Line (printer)
CPS Characters Per Second (communication)
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRT Cathode Ray Tube (screen)
DD Double Density (floppy disk)
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DES Data Encryption Standard
DIF Device Input Format
DIP Dual In-line Package (memory)
DMA Direct Memory Access
DS Double Sided (floppy disk)
DV DESQview (multitasking program)
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter (screen)
EMM Expanded Memory Manager (memory)
EMS Expanded Memory Specification (memory)
EOF End Of File
EOL End Of Line
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (memory)
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface (hard disk)
FAT File Allocation Table (disk)
FCC Federal Communications Commission (communication)
GUI Graphical User Interface (screen)
HD High Density (floppy disk)
HGC Hercules Graphics Card (screen)
I/F Interface
I/O Input/Output
IDE Intergrated Drive Electronics (hard disk)
KB Kilo Byte = 1,024 bytes
LIM Lotus Intel Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification
LPI Lines Per Inch (printer)
MB Mega Byte = 1,048,576 bytes
MDA Monochrome Display Adapter (screen)
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation (hard disk)
MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second
MIS Management Information Systems
MMU Memory Management Unit
MNP Microcom Network Protocol (communication)
MS Microsoft
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
POST Power On Self Test
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory (memory)
RAM Random Access Memory (memory)
RLL Run Length Limited (hard disk)
TPA Third Party Applications
GAFMOI Getting away from most of it
GAFIA Getting away from it all (said of someone dropping out)
RTM Read The Manual
RTFM Read The Fucking Manual!!!
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