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  1. 07-04-2006, 02:19 PM #1
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    Acronyms you wish you knew...

    Could you all do me a favour? I need you to help HEXUS help you, by finding out what acronyms and abbreviations that you think people would like explaining. So many are used in the industry that lots of people are bound to be confused by them.

    Please let me know of any that you think are worth explaining... only serious posts please; I don't want to sort through PPs (pointless posts).

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  2. 12-04-2006, 11:50 PM #2
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    Do you mean tech or general stuff?
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    The IT (there ya go ) world is full of TLA's (Three Letter Abreviations) and similar.

    I'll help you out with a few.

    CPU
    RAM
    IDE
    PATA
    SATA
    SCSI
    HTML
    BIOS
    CMOS
    SD
    DDR
    AGP
    PCI
    ADSL

    Will add more as I get them...


    All the abbreviations you could ever want.
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    RMA!! I know what it is, but I have noooo idea what the hell it stands for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NightshadowUK
    RMA!! I know what it is, but I have noooo idea what the hell it stands for.
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    OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) is another good one, although the full thing doesn't really explain what it is either :/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent
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