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| Graphics Device Interface |
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| High Definition Media Interface |
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| Integrated Services Digital Network |
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| IPS (In-Plane Switching) is a screen technology for liquid crystal displays (LCD) |
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| Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display |
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| Enhanced Parallel Port/Enhanced Capability Port |
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| Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
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| Internet Printing Protocol |
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| Straight Tip Fiber Connector (AT&T) |
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| Common Internet File System |
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| Service Location Protocol |
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| Simple Network Management Protocol |
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| Network News Transfer Protocol |
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| Routing Information Protocol |
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| Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
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| User Datagram Protocol (connectionless) |
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| Transmission Control Protocol (connection) |
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| Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
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| Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol |
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| Network Address Translation |
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| Dynamic Network Address Translation |
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| Static Network Address Translation |
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| Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
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| Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification |
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| Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) |
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| Very-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
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| Unidirectional Digital Subscriber Line |
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| Metropolitan Area Network: larger than LAN, but smaller than WAN. |
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| Power Line Communication: a communication method that uses electrical wiring to simultaneously carry both data, and Alternating Current (AC) electric power transmission or electric power distribution. It is also known as power-line carrier, power-line digital subscriber line (PDSL), mains communication, power-line telecommunications, or power-line networking (PLN). |
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| Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module |
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| Near Field Communication (mobile payment protocol) |
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| Field-Replaceable Unit is a circuit board, part or assembly that can be quickly and easily removed from a computer or other piece of electronic equipment, and replaced by the user or a technician without having to send the entire product or system to a repair facility. |
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| Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) |
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| Advanced Configuration and Power Interface: an industry specification for the efficient handling of power consumption in desktop and mobile computers. |
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| Advance Host Controller Interface: a hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA (SATA) devices (such as host bus adapters) that are designed to offer features not offered by Parallel ATA (PATA) controllers, such as hot-plugging and native command queuing (NCQ). |
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| Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe or PCI-E) is a serial expansion bus standard for connecting a computer to one or more peripheral devices. |
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| Accelerated Graphics Port (video card) |
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| Solid State Hybrid Technology: An HDD type that combines high performance and capacity at a relatively low device cost. |
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