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10-2 Acronyms

Item Acronym

Description

17. NVRAM Nonvolatile

RAM,

RAM that retains its contents when a unit is turned off.

18. ODD

Optical Disk Drive.

19. OS

Operating

System.

20. PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. An industry trade
association that creates standards for notebook computer peripheral devices
such as PC cards.

21. PVDT

Private DataTAC, a registered trademark of Motorola Inc.

22. RAM

Random Access Memory, a type of

computer data storage

. It today takes the

form of

integrated circuits

that allow the stored

data

to be accessed in any

order, i.e. at

random

.

23. RF

Radio Frequency, The part of the general frequency spectrum between the
audio and infrared light regions (about 10 kHz to10,000,000 MHz).

24. RoHS

Restriction of Hazardous Substance, an EU initiative to reduce and recycle
hazardous substances.

25. RTC

Real-Time

Clock.

26. S/PDIF

Sony/Philips Digital Interface: It is a standard (developed by Sony and Philips)
for the digital transfer of audio data. Transferring audio data between two
devices digitally avoids the degradation of quality inherent in using digital to
analogue devices.

27. SAR

Specific Absorption Rate, a measure of the rate at which

radio frequency

(RF)

energy is absorbed by the body when exposed to radio-frequency
electromagnetic field.

28. SATA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or serial ATA.

29. SSID

Service set identifier, a code or name attached to a wireless Wi-Fi® network. All
devices must use this same, case-sensitive name to communicate.

30. TFT

Thin Film Transistor, a technology for producing thin touch screen displays.

31. TPM

Trusted Platform Module.

32. USB

Universal Serial Bus, An external bus connection that supports a maximum
bandwidth of 12 Mbps and is widely used to connect peripheral devices
(sometimes called dongles) to a computer.

33. VCR

Video Cassette Recorder.

34. VGA

Video Graphics Array.

35. WEEE

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: A safety directive.

36. WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network.

37. WWAN

Wireless Wide Area Network.

38. WEGA

Wide Extended Graphics Array.