Subcategories

Adapters/Cards	Buses
Connectors, Plugs and Sockets	Data Storage
Hardware Companies	Input Devices
Integrated Circuits (ICs)	Keyboards
Memory	Mice
Microprocessors	Modems
Monitors	Motherboards
Networking Hardware	Output Devices
Performance	Peripheral Devices
Ports and Interfaces	Printers

Terms

4-way server	8-way server
accelerator board	ACHA
adapter	ADC
add-in	add-on
after sales support	air cooling
AMD Virtualization	amplifier repeater
AMR	ANI
anticipointment	antistatic mat
architecture	assistive technology
ATA	atomic operation
ATX	automatic test equipment
Avivo HD	AWT
backplane	backward compatible
bank	bare metal
barebones	bare-metal programming
battery pack	Bernoulli disk drive
BGA	Big Iron
blank-off plate	boot sequence
BRS	Btu
BTX	build to order
bunny suit	burn in
bus	candela
capacitive keyboard	card
CELP	Certified Wireless USB
chassis	chassis intrusion connector
chip	chip creep
chips and salsa	chipset
clamping voltage	clean room
clock gating	Close to Metal
CMOS	CNR
COAST	combo drive
command queuing and reordering	CompactFlash
compatible	computer cabinet
computer rack	computer system cooling
configuration	contact image sensor
COTS	CPE
creeping featurism	C-RIMM
crippleware	customer support
DDR-SDRAM	default gateway
device	device manager
Device Software Optimization	device-dependent
die	dielectric
digital access and cross-connect system (DACS)	direct memory execute
disk image	DOCSIS
dongle	DSO
dual head card	DVI to VGA adapter
DVI-I	edge connector
electronic book	eSATA
expansion board	expansion slot
external data bus	fabless
fault tolerance	FC-PGA
firmware	flatbed scanner
footprint	forklift upgrade
form factor	Frankenpine
fried	FRU
GBIC	GDDR
gender changer	glass house
GPU	GPU clock
granularity	HAL
hardware	Hardware Compatibility List
heat sink	heat spreader
HIPS	HLF
hold-up time	host bus
hot aisle/cold aisle	HWID
ICH	id10t error
IDF	IHV
iLO	iMac
in-circuit emulator	install
integrated	integrated peripheral
Intel Virtualization Technology	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
interconnect	internal bus
internal data bus	intrusion prevention system
IPS	Itanium
jukebox	kernel32.dll
keyboard wedge	kill switch
KVM switch	laser-marked keycap
latency	latency setting
LDCM	LED
legacy device	lithography
liveware	LLF
logic gate	LOM
loopback plug	massive array of idle disks
master/slave	MCH
MCU	MDF
memory bus	mode
modular architecture	Molex
MOSFET	MRAM
multiplier lock	multi-port memories
Native Command Queuing	NGMA
NIPS	nit
Northbridge	NTU
obsolete	OEM
oscillator clock	OUI
output	pad-printed keycap
patch cord	patch panel
PDU	PEBCAK
pedestal server	Pentium 4
peripheral device	personal Internet communicator
PFC	physical drive
physical erase unit	PIA
PIC	picnic
picoJava	pixel pipelines
Pixel Shader	platter
PLCC	PLD
plug compatible	plug-and-play
plug-in	power brick
power conditioner	power cycling
power down	power factor correction
power supply	power up
power-on self test	PPGA
printed circuit board	PSOP
PSU	punchdown block
PureVideo	PureVideo HD
quiesce	QVL
rack and stack	rackmount
raised floor	real printer
real-time clock	rectifier
redundant	refurbished
reset button	reverse Hyper-Threading
RILOE II	RIMM
riser card	RMA
router	routing switch
RTM	SATA II
seat	secondary memory
Serial ATA	server
server blade	server cage area
set-top box	shader
shadow mask	shock rating
shut down	SIMM
SiS	skunkworks
slave	SLI
slimline model	Slingbox
slot	slotket
smart card	SoC
SOE	software cooling
SOI	SOIC
solid state disk	SOP
Southbridge	spindle
split backplane	SPOF
spot cooling	SSOP
stand-alone	Standard Operating Environment
strain relief	structural hazard
SuperSpeed USB	surface-mount technology
surge protector	Suspend-to-RAM
switch	system bus
system resource	system unit
system weight	TC
TCQ	thermal compound
through-hole technology	TnL
toaster	TPM
travel weight	troubleshoot
TrueFFS	TSOP
tutorial	twinaxial cable
U3 smart drive	UMA
unified driver	upgrade
UPS	upward compatible
USB	USB 3.0
USB card reader	USB flash drive
USB Flash Drive Alliance	USRT
UVD	video adapter
voltage regulator	Von Neumann machine
VRM	VSB
wafer	Wake-on-LAN
warm-up time	watchdog
WfM	WHQL
wireless bridge	WOL
wrapper	XLR
Y-Cable	ZIF socket
zoned-bit recording