"Noobie" Dictionary

The375Boy · Mar 26, 2003, 06:14 PM

ok i wanna gather a lil dictionary of like abreaviations relating to computers n such of words that may be useful to "noobies" i'll start it off

INtel - Intergrated Technology
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
PCI - port controller interface
AGP - acellerated graphics port
IP - Internet Protocol
LAN - Local Area Network
NIC - Network Interface Card
WAN - Wide area network
SCSI - Small computer system interface
RAID - Redundant array of inexpensive disks
SD - Syncrious (sp) data
DDR - Double Data Rate
IDE - integraded drive electronics
ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment
EIDE - Enhanced integraded drive electronics
CAS - column access
RAS - row access
RAM - Random Acess Memory
SIMM - signle inline memory module
Dimm - dual inline memory module
EDO - extended data out

Mar 26, 2003, 06:18 PM

lol= laugh out loud

another is:

lmsmfaoysamfb= laugh my stupid mother fokking ass off you stupid ass mother fokking bitche

The375Boy · Mar 26, 2003, 06:19 PM

Oh...good one..........

Mar 26, 2003, 06:21 PM

thanks... i added one

The375Boy · Mar 26, 2003, 06:31 PM

um...wrong kind of ABV

Mar 26, 2003, 06:47 PM

sorry... would you like me to re-edit that?

NaumoJR · Mar 26, 2003, 06:57 PM

Here are a few IM terms I know of

AFK: Away from keyboard
ATM: At the moment
B: Back
BBFN: Bye Bye For Now
BBL: Be Back Later
B/C: Because
BFN: Bye For Now
BFO: Blinding Flash of obvious
BG: Big Grin
BO: Brain Overload
BRB: Be Right Back
BTW: By The Way
BYKT: But you knew that
CMIIW: Correct me if I'm wrong
CU: See You
CUL8R: See you later
CYA: See ya
EG: Evil Grin
FC: Fingers Crossed
FIIOOH: Forget it, I'm out of here
FITB: Fill in the blank
G: Grin
G2G: Got to go
IBK: Idiot behind keyboard
IMHO: In My humble Opionion
IRL: In real life
JFC: Jesus (F dash dash dash word) Christ
JK: Just kidding
L8R: Later
LMAO: Laughing my ass off
LOL: Laughing out loud
LYLAB: Love ya like a brother
LYLAS: Love ya like a sister
NE1: Anyone
OMG: Oh My God
OMFG: Oh my (F dash dash dash word) God
ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
TIC: Tongue and Cheek
TTYL: Talk to ya later
THX: Thanks
TTFN: Ta ta for now
WB: Welcome Back
Y: Yawning

Highwood · Mar 26, 2003, 07:05 PM

Twain – Technology without an interesting name

The375Boy · Mar 26, 2003, 07:09 PM

alright not being rude or anything but i'm not looking for IM ABRV's nor any jokes please this is kinda serious cuz its going twards a school project

Highwood · Mar 26, 2003, 07:12 PM

Twain is a real abreaviation.

The375Boy · Mar 26, 2003, 07:39 PM

and thats wut it means (Technology without an interesting name)???

~~Asuka~~ · Mar 26, 2003, 08:01 PM

NTSC - Never The Same Color

(just glad we got PAL over here

)

Actually, it's:
National Television Standards Comitee
Phase Alternate Line

Mar 26, 2003, 08:24 PM

lol... i like your first one more

Highwood · Mar 26, 2003, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The375Boy
and thats wut it means (Technology without an interesting name)???

That is what it stands for, Twain drivers are used for image acquisition devises. ie scanners and digital cameras.

~~craig588~~ · Mar 26, 2003, 10:20 PM

RTFM- Read The F*cking Manual (One of my favorites to tell newbies)

Ryoko · Mar 26, 2003, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The375Boy
ok i wanna gather a lil dictionary of like abreaviations relating to computers n such of words that may be useful to "noobies" i'll start it off

PCI - port controller interface
SD - Syncrious (sp) data

PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
SD - Synchronous Dynamic (if referring to sdram)

ToshiroOC · Mar 27, 2003, 02:53 AM

CD - Compact Disc DVD - Digital Video Disc CD-R Compact Disc - wRitable CD-RW Compact Disc - ReWritable HDD - Hard Drive FDD - Floppy Drive PUQR - Posted using quick reply SSFCF - So sorry for the crappy formatting

Vampyromaniac · Mar 27, 2003, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ToshiroOC
DVD - Digital Video Disc CD-R Compact Disc - wRitable

DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
CD - Compact Disc - Recordable

Muahahaha I get to hurl some

's at you

ToshiroOC · Mar 27, 2003, 04:30 AM

No way man, it got changed to Digital Video Disc by the whatever-board-of-stodgy-fools, I'm pretty sure of it... and... SHUT UP!

merry · Mar 27, 2003, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by craig588
RTFM- Read The F*cking Manual (One of my favorites to tell newbies)

I remember reading this for the first time in the docs that came with Borlands Turbo C 2.0... I might be wrong.

AFAIK - as far as I know
IQ - Image Quality (er yes, in some contexts

)
PERL - Practical Extraction and Report Language (or maybe Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister)
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network (or It Still doesn't work)
HDSL - High-rate Digital Subscriber Link
ADSL - Asymetric Digital Subscriber Link

more here

Good luck!

BWX · Mar 27, 2003, 04:43 AM

BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A F***?

CRUD - Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete

TCP/IP.... IP - Internet Protocol...........TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

APU - Audio Processing Unit

DOD - Department of Defense (invented TCP/IP)

DNS - Domain Name system

ICP - Instructions per clock

DTS - Digital Theater System

DSD - Direct Stream Digital

DoS - Denial Of Service

DOS - Disk Operating System

DoSBS - Denial Of Service By Service

dpi - Dots Per Inch

DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRDRAM - Direct Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory

ATM - Automated Teller Machine

AIM - Aol Instant Messenger

ABR - Available Bit Rate

ACL - Access Control List

ACL - Advanced Cmos Logic

ACPI- Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

AFLCD - AntiFerroelectric Liquid Crystal Display

AI - Artificial Intelligence

LCD - liquid crystal display

CRT - cathode ray tube

LED - light-emitting diode

OLED - organic light-emitting diode

AGLR - Anti-Glare/ Low Reflection

ANN - Artificial Neural Network

BDOS - Basic Disk Operating System

BMP - Bitmap

BOPS - Billions of Processes Per Second

BOPS - Billion Operations Per Second

bpp - Bits Per Pixel

bps - Bits Per Second

BSV - boot sector virus

CAD - computer-aided design

CD-V - compact disk - video

CD-WO - compact disk - write once

CD-XA - compact disk - extended architecture

CG - Computer Generated

CGI - Common Gateway Interface

CGI - Computer Generated Images

CGI - Computer Graphics Interface

CHKDSK - checK disk

CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMOS - Configuration Memory Operating System

COM - communication port (Serial port)

COM - command

CPS - Cycles Per Second

CS - Computer Science

CS - Counter-Strike
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CTS - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CTS - Compatibility Test Suite
CTS - Clear To Send RS-232 signal (Communication)
CTS - Component Transaction Server
CTS - Computer Telephony Solution
CTS - Customer Telephone System
CTS - Common Type System
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D3D - Direct 3D

DAT - Digital Audio Tape

dB - Decibel

DBDSHILHGOHED - Day by day Saddam Hussien is losing his grip on his evil dictatorship

(Pres. Bush)

DC - Direct Current
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DC - Data Cartridge
DC - Data Collection
DC - Data Compression
DC - Device Context
DC - Data Communication
DC - Data Control
DC - Domain Controller
DC - Device Control
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DCC - Data Country Code
DCC - Direct Cable Connection
DCC - Digital Compact Cassette
DCC - Digital Command Control
DCC - Display Combination Code
DCC - Direct Client Connection
DCC - Digital Content Creation
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DIP - Digital Imaging Processing

DLL - Dynamic Link Library
DLL - Dynamic Link Loader

DMA - Direct Memory Access

DV - Digital Video

DVC - Digital Video Camera
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DVD - Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk
DVD+MRW - Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-Mount rainier ReWritable
Standard that enables native OS support of data storage on DVD+RW.
DVD+RW - Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-ReWritable
DVD-A - Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-Audio
DVD-MMVFF - Digital Versatile Disc MultiMedia Video File Format
DVD-R - Digital Video Disk-Recordable
DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory (A read-write DVD)
DVD-ROM - Digital Versatile Disk - Read Only Memory (A read only DVD)
DVD-RW - Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-ReWritable
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DVI - Digital Video Interface
DVI-A - Digital Video Interface-Analog
DVI-D - Digital Video Interface-Digital
DVI-I - Digital Video Interface-Integrated
DVI-V - Digital Video Interface-Vga
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DX - DirectX

DXTC - DirectX Texture COmpression

EAROM - Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory

ECC - Error Checking and Correction (memory)

EDODRAM - Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory

EDRAM - Extended Dynamic Random Access Memory

EEC - Extended Error Correction

EEG - ElectroEncephaloGram

EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EL - ElectroLuminescent
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EMC - Emergency Management Card
EMC - E-Mail Connection
EMC - ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EMC - Extended Math Coprocessor
EMC - Enhanced Memory Chip
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EMF - ElectroMagnetic Field

EPP - Enhanced Parallel Port

EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
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ESP - Enhanced Serial Port
ESP - Encapsulated Security Payload
ESP - Estimated Street Price
ESP - Enhanced Service Provider
ESP - Emulation Sensing Processor
ESP - Ethernet Serial Port
ESP - Enterprise System Platform
ESP - Expert Searching and Pricing
ESP - Eudora Sharing Protocol
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EULA - End User License Agreement

EVGA - Extended Video Graphics Adapter

EW - Electronic Warfare

EXE - Executable

FAT - File Allocation Table

FAT12 - File Allocation Table 12 bits

FAT16 - File Allocation Table 16 bits

FAT32 - File Allocation Table 32 bits

FD - Floppy Disk

FDC - Floppy Disk Controller

FEPROM - Flash EPROM

FeRAM - FErroelectric Random Access Memory

FF - Friendly Fire

FP - Floating Point

FPD - Flat Panel Display

FRC - Frame Rate Control

fps - Frames Per Second
FPS - First Person Shooter

FRAM - Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory

FSAA - Full-Scene Anti-Aliasing

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

FW - FirmWare

GB - GigaByte

Gb - GigaBit

Gbps - Giga Bits Per Second

GBps - Giga Bytes Per Second

GL - Graphics Language

GPS - Global Positioning System

GUI - Graphical User Interface

***I will finish this later

***

Well, I was trying to make a list that wasn't cluttered with every obscure technical acronym on the planet, but I guess there is no point in finishing this now........... It was taking a long time to go through the huge lists taking out only the ones I've heard of anyway. Just look below for the rest

ToshiroOC · Mar 27, 2003, 04:43 AM

DAMMIT ALL TO HELL! DVD stands for DVD!

http://www.emedialive.com/EM1998/standard2.html

nieves · Mar 27, 2003, 07:18 AM

... and JPEG stands for JPEG Picture Experts Group!

ToshiroOC · Mar 27, 2003, 07:26 AM

My goodness! The recursiveness of it all!

~~Asuka~~ · Mar 27, 2003, 07:54 AM

Originally posted by nieves
... and JPEG stands for JPEG Picture Experts Group!

No. Actually, it stands for "Joint Picture Experts Group".
Similarly, MPEG stands for "Motion Picture Experts Group".

ok, some more acronyms:

USB: Universal Serial Bus (or Useless Silly B!tch)
ISA: Industrial Standards Adapter
VLB: Vesa Local Bus
STFU: Shut the f*ck up

The375Boy · Mar 27, 2003, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BWX232

TCP/IP.... IP - Internet Protocol...........TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

APU - Audio Processing Unit

DOD - Department of Defense (invented TCP/IP)

DNS - Domain Name system

ICP - Instructions per clock

DTS - Digital Theater System

DSD - Direct Stream Digital

DoS - Denial Of Service

DOS - Disk Operating System

YES!!!!!!!!! EXACTLY WUT I'M LOOKING FOR. tHINGS LIKE THAT, NO NO AIM SHIT BRB, OMG, LOL NONE OF TAT SHIT THIS IS GREAT!!!

The375Boy · Mar 27, 2003, 04:24 PM

ok my sig is sopposed to say SYRUS but when i upload it no matter wut size it is its giving me this