Abbreviations 97
hr . . . . . . . . .hour
Hz. . . . . . . . .Hertz
IDE. . . . . . . .Integrated drive electronics
in . . . . . . . . .Inches
I/O . . . . . . . .Input/Output
IrDA. . . . . . .Infrared Data Association
IRQ . . . . . . .Interrupt request line
Kb/sec . . . . .Kilobits per second
KB . . . . . . . .Kilobytes
kg . . . . . . . . .Kilograms
LAN . . . . . . .Local-area network
lbs. . . . . . . . .Pounds
LBA . . . . . . .Logical block addressing
LCD . . . . . . .Liquid-crystal display
m. . . . . . . . . .Meters
mA . . . . . . . .Milliampere
mAhr . . . . . .Milliampere hour
MB . . . . . . . .Megabyte
Mb/sec. . . . .Megabits per second
MHz. . . . . . .Megahertz
MIDI . . . . . .Musical instrument digital interface
mm. . . . . . . .millimeter
MPU. . . . . . .Microprocessor unit
ms. . . . . . . . .Millisecond
PDF . . . . . . .Portable document format
PC. . . . . . . . .Personal computer
PCI . . . . . . . .Peripheral component interconnect
PCMCIA . . .Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association
POST . . . . . .Power-on self-test
PS/2 . . . . . . .Personal System/2
RAM . . . . . .Random-access memory
ROM . . . . . .Read-only memory
SRAM . . . . .Static random-access memory
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