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AAC Advanced Audio Coding ADO ActiveX Data Objects AGP Advanced Graphics Port AIFF Audio Interchange File Format AIO All-In-One AM Amplitude Modulation AMD Advanced Micro Devices (company) AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service + Amplifiers AOL America Online API Application Program Interface APR Annual Percentage Rate ARC Acoustic Resonance Control ARV Average Retail Value ASF Advanced Streaming Format ASP Authorized Service Provider ATA Advanced Technology Attachment ATAPI Advanced Technology Atachment Packet Interface ATG All-Terrain Grade [Dell] ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee ATX Advanced Technology Extended A/V Audio & Video (output) BIOS Basic Input/Output System BIT Binary Digit BLOG Web Log BMP Batch Message Processing Program .BMP Bitmap (file name extension) BYTE Binary Element String CCD Charged-Coupled Device CD Compact Disk CD-DA Compact Disk - Digital Audio CD-E Compact Disk - Erasable CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable CR-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CD-RW Compact Disk - Rewritable CD-V Compact Dist - Video CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once CEA Consumer Electronics Association CF Compact Flash CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor .COM Command (file name extension) COMBO Combination CPU Central Processing Unit CRT Cathode Ray Tube dB Decibel DBBS Dynamic Bass Boost System DCIM Digital Camera Image + Discrete Complex Image Method DDC Direct Digital Controls DDR Double Data Rate DDS Digital Data Storage DIR Directory DLP Digital Light Processing DOM Document Object Model DP Data Processing + Dot Pitch DPI Dots Per Inch DPOF Digital Print Order Form DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DRCMF Digital Reality Creation Multi Function [Sony] DRM Digital Rights Management DSLR Digital Single Lens Reflex (camera) DSP Digital Signal Processing DTS Digital Theatre System + Digital Transceiving System DTV Digital Television DVC Digital Video Camera/Cassette + Dual Voice Coil DVD Digital Video Disk DVI Digital Video Interface DVR Digital Video Recorder + Digital Voice Recorder ECC Error Correcting Code EDTV Enhanced Definition Television EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics ELPH Entry Level PowerShot [Canon] EOS Electro-Optical System [Canon] EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ESP Estimated Selling Price EVDO Evolution-Data Only (Broadband Access) EWTS Enterprise Web Training System FAX Facsimile FAQ Frequently Asked Question FHSS Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum FM Frequency Modulation FSB Front Side Bus FTP File Transfer Protocol GHZ Gigahertz GIF Graphics Interchange Format GPS Global Positioning System GSM Global System for Mobile Communications + Groupe Special Mobile (French) GUID Globally Unique Identifier HD Hard Drive HDCP High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection High Definition Copy Protocol HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface HDR High Dynamic Range (photography) HDTV High-Definition Television HP Hewlett-Packard (company) HTML Hypertext Markup Language Hz Hertz ID Identification I/O Input/Output ISAPS Intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space [Canon] ISO International Standards Organization ISP Internet Service Provider JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group Kbps Kilobits Per Second KBps Kilobytes Per Second LAN Local Area Network LBS Pounds LCD Liquid Crystal Display LCOS (LCoS) Liquid Crystal on Silicon MAX Maximum MB Megabyte (1,024 Kilobytes) Mbps Megabits Per Second MHZ Megahertz MIC Microphone MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output MM Millimeter MMC Multimedia Card MODEM Modulator/Demodulator MOSFET Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor MP Megapixel MP3 Moving Pictures Experts Group Audio Layer 3 HPC High Performance Computing MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group MSN Microsoft Network MSPR Manufacturer's Suggested Price NIC Network Interface Card NOAA National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration NTSC National Television Standards Committee OAM Object Allocation Map OCR Optical Character Recognition OIS Optical Image Stabilizer OS Operating System PALC Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal (display) PBP Picture-By-Picture PC Personal Computer PCN Personal Computer Network PDA Personal Digital Assistant PDF Portable Document File PIM Personal Information Manager PIP Personal Identity Provider + Personal Information Portal + Picture-In-Picture PIXEL Picture Element PK Pack PMP Personal/Portable Multimedia Player PNG Portable Network Graphics POP Post Office Protocol PPM Pages Per Minute PSC Personal Super Computer + Product Service Center PTT Push To Talk QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QVGA Quarter Video Graphics Array QWAVE Quality Windows Audio/Video Experience [Microsoft] RAM Random Access Memory RFID Radio Frequency Identification RIM Research In Motion (company) RMS Record Management Services ROM Read Only Memory RPM Revolutions Per Minute SACD Super Audio Compact Disk SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SBS Small Business Server SCI Serial Communications Interface SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface SDIO Secure digital Input/Output SDMI Compliant Secure Digital Music Initiative SDMMC Secure Digital Multi Media Card SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SDTV Standard Definition Television SIMM Single In-Line Memory Module SLP Super Long Play SLR Single Lens Reflex SP2 Service Pack 2 (Windows XP) SPVA Super Patterned Vertical Alignment SQL Structured Query Language SRS Sound Retrieval System SVCD Super Video Compact Disk SVGA Super Video Graphics Array SVHS Super VHS SVIDEO Separate Video SXGA Super Extended Graphics Array SXRD Silicon Crystal Reflective Display TFT Thin-Film Transistor THD Total Harmonic Distortion TIFF Tagged Image File Format TTL Through The Lens TTS Text To Speech TV Television UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter UMD Universal Media Disk UMPC Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply URL Uniform Resource Locator USB Universal Serial Bus UWB Ultra-Wide Band VCD Video Compact Disk VCR Video Cassette Recorder VGA Video Graphics Array VHF Very High Frequency VHS Very High Speed VIS Visable Image Size VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol VOX Voice Operated VR Virtual Reality WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System WAN Wide Area Network WAV Waveform Audio W3C World Wide Web Consortium W/C Watts Per Channel WCG Wide Color Gamut WIFI (Wi-Fi) Wireless Fidelity WIN/MAC Windows/Macintosh WMA Windows Media Audio WOW Window On Windows WWW World Wide Web WXGA Wide XGA XGA Extended Graphics Array XHMD X-Directed Horizontal Magnetic Dipole XP Extreme Performance XSLT Extensible Stylesheet Transformation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Irving Kind Send comments via e-mail to: c/o K & D babelglossary@gmail.com One Church Lane with the words "SENIOR FOLDER" Baltimore, MD 21208 USA on the subject line. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~