53 English words and abbreviations required by computers

· PC: Personal Computer

· CPU: Central Processing Unit

· CPU Fan: the "radiator" of the central processor)

· MB: MotherBoard

· RAM: Memory Random Access Memory, divided by PC-code specifications, such as PC-133, PC-1066, PC-2700

· HDD: Hard Disk Drive

· FDD: Floopy Disk Drive

· CD-ROM: Optical Drive Compact Disk Read Only Memory

· DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory

· CD-RW: Recorder Compact Disk ReWriter

· VGA: Display Card (Display Card should be officially used)

· AUD: Sound Card (Sound Card should be officially used as Sound Card)

· LAN: NIC (the NIC must be a Network Card)

· MODM: data card or Modem

· HUB: HUB

· WebCam: A Network Camera

· Capture: Audio and Video Acquisition Card

· Case: Chassis

· Power: Power Supply

· Moniter: screen. The CRT is a picture tube screen, and the LCD is a liquid crystal screen.

· USB: Universal Serial Bus, used to connect to peripheral devices

· IEEE1394: new high-speed serial bus specification Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

· Mouse: Mouse, common interface specifications: PS/2 and USB

· KB: keyboard, common interface specifications: PS/2 and USB

· Speaker: Speaker

· Printer: Printer

· Scanner

· UPS: power-on system

· IDE: indicates the Integrated Device of the IDE interface specification.

Electronics, IDE interface devices generally refer to various devices that use IDE interfaces.

· SCSI: refers to the SCSI interface specification Small Computer System

Interfaces and SCSI Interface devices generally refer to devices using SCSI interfaces.

· GHz: (the computing speed of the central processor reaches) Gega Hz/second

· FSB: refers to the "Front Side Bus" frequency, in MHz

· ATA: Hard Disk transmission rate

Attachment, ATA-133 indicates the transfer rate is 133 MB/sec

· AGP: display the bus Accelerated Graphics

Port, expressed as 2X, 4X, and 8X in the transmission bandwidth Mode

· PCI: Peripheral Device connection port Peripheral Component Interconnect

· ATX: refers to the current specification of the power supply, or the standard size of the motherboard.

· BIOS: hardware (Input/Output) Basic setup program Basic Input Output System

· CMOS: memory chip for storing BIOS Basic settings data Complementary Metal-Oxide semicondu

· POST: Power On Self Test

· OS: Operating System

· Windows: Windows OS and graphic interfaces

· DOS: the operating system of the early-stage command INTERFACE

· Fdisk: "Planning hard disk sectors"-one of the DOS Commands

· Format: "format hard disk sectors"-one of the DOS Commands

· Setup.exe: "executing the installer"-one of the DOS Commands

· Socket: slots, such as SocketA and Socket478 In the CPU Slots

· Pin: Pin. For example, the ATA133 hard disk is 80Pin, And the PC2700 memory module is 168Pin.

· Jumper: Jumper (short-circuit terminal)

· Bit: bit (0 and 1), the most basic unit of computer data

· Byte: Byte, equal to 8 bits (eight-bit combination, with a total of 256 circuit States). A computer text is represented by 8 bits.

· KB: equal to 1024 bytes

· MB: equal to 1024 KB

· GB: equal to 1024 MB