Abbreviations and Acronyms 3
LIF low insertion force
LN load number
LIM Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
lpi lines per inch
m meter(s)
mA milliampere(s)
mAh milliampere-hour(s)
MB megabyte(s)
MBR master boot record
MDA monochrome display adapter
MGA monochrome graphics adapter
MHz megahertz
mm millimeter(s)
ms millisecond(s)
MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System
MTBF mean time between failures
mV millivolt(s)
NIC network interface controller
NiCad nickel cadmium
NiMH nickel-metal hydride
NMI nonmaskable interrupt
ns nanosecond(s)
NTFS NT File System
NVRAM nonvolatile random-access
memory
OS/2 Operating System/2
OTP one-time programmable
Abbreviation
or Acronym Description
PAL programmable array logic
PCI Peripheral Component Inter-
connect
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association
PGA pin grid array
POST power-on self-test
ppm pages per minute
PQFP plastic quad flat pack
PS/2 Personal System/2
PVC polyvinyl chloride
QIC quarter-inch cartridge
RAM random-access memory
RAMDAC random-access memory digital-to-
analog converter
REN ringer equivalence number
RFI radio frequency interference
RGB red/green/blue
ROM read-only memory
rpm revolutions per minute
RTC real-time clock
SCSI small computer system interface
sec second(s)
SIMM single in-line memory module
SMB server management bus
SNMP simple network management
protocol
SRAM static random-access memory
Abbreviation
or Acronym Description