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Back Backbone Backplane Back-side bus Backward compatible Bank Barcode Barebone Bare metal Base station Bay BeagleBoard Bernoulli drive Bezel Big iron Biological computing BIOS BIOS shadow Blackberry Playbook Black box Black screen Blank slot cover Blink Block diagram Bluetooth ExpressCard Booklet Bootable disk Boot device Boot menu Boot sequence Braille display Braille reader BRI Bridge Brown box Build Builtin Bunny suit Burn Burn-in Bus BYOD
Cable Cabling Cache Caddy Calibration Card CardBus Card punch Card reader Case Case badge Case fan Cassette CATV CCD CD-ROM CDSL CDTV Centaur Technology Centrino Centronics mode CF Characteristic Chassis Chip Chipset Chromebit Chromebook Chromebox Chrome OS CIM CISC Classification Clean room Clone Cluster CMOS CNR Coaxial Cable Cold boot Cold swap Color-coded Colossus Commodore Communication device CompactFlash Compatible Component Computed axial lithography Computer Computer art Computer case Computer family Computer fan Computer form factor Computer laws Computer mouse Computometer Concept mapping Condensation Configuration Connection Connectivity Connector Console Control Cooler pad CPU CRC Crippleware CRT CrystalMark CSIRAC CUDA Custom-built PC Custom silicon Cyber clean Cycle
D2D DAC DASD Dash cam Data carrier Data channel Data flow Datasheet Data signal Data sink Data stream DDR Dead Dead halt Decode Dedicated Default drive Degauss Degausser Depress Desiccant Desktop computer Device Device dependent Device driver Device name Dhrystone Diagnostic program Diagnostics Difference engine Digital Digital camera Digital line Digital wallet Digitizer DIMM Diode Dip switch Direct connection Disable Disassembly Discard Disk drive DisplayPort Dispose Distortion Divx DLNA DMA DMI DOA Dock Docking station Dongle Dot pitch Downsizing DRAM Drive Drive bay Drive letter Driver Drivers CD Drobo Drone Drop in Drop out DRQ Dry run DSL filter DSS DTE Dual channel controller DualShock Dumb Duration Dust DUT DVD DVI DVR Dynabook
ECC Echoplex ECU Edge connector EDI EDP EDSAC EDVAC Efika EGPU EHCI EIDE E ink Eject Electron gun Electronic whiteboard Embedded Emulator Encoder End of life ENIAC Enigma Enigma machine Enquiry character Enumerator EOL EOM E-reader Error control eSATA ESD Essential Home Ethernet ETX E-waste Expansion Expansion card Expansion slot cover ExpressCard External External cache External graphics card Eye tracker
Facebook Portal Failover Fail-safe system Fail-soft system Failure Fan Faraday bag Faraday cage Faraday shield Fast SCSI Fault Fax Fax machine FCC ID Feeder cable Female connector Fetch FHD Fi Fiber-optic cable FIFO Filament File allocation unit Firewall Firewire Firmware Flagship Flash BIOS Flash drive Flash memory Floppy disk Footprint Form factor Forward compatibility Forward compatible FPGA FPU Frankenmac Front panel FRU FSB Full duplex Full-duplex transmission Function keys
Gadget Galaxy Tab Galaxy Z Fold Gateway Gear Gearhead Gender Gender changer General-purpose computer Generation Gimbal Google Cardboard Google Chromebook Google Daydream View Google Glass Google Home Google Nest Google silicon Google Tensor GPS GPU Graffiti Graphics tablet Grosch’s law Group 3 protocol Group 4 protocol Gyroscope
HACMP Half duplex Half-duplex transmission Hamming code Handheld Hands-free Handwriting recognition Hard card Hard drive Hard error Hard reset Hardware Hardware acceleration Hardware conflict Hardware key Hardware monitor Hardwired HCI HDD HDMI HDTV Head cleaning Headphones Heat gun Heat sink HFC HID High dynamic range Home computer Host adapter Hot docking Hot plugging Hot-swappable Hot swapping Housing HP 200A HSF HTC Vive HTPC Hub Hwmonitor Hybrid Hybrid computer Hypervisor
IBM 5100 IBM compatible IC IDE Immediate access Indicator Infotainment system Infrared Infrared thermometer Initialization Initiator Input Input device Input/output channel Input/output device Input/output port Input/output processor Insert Instruction Insulation INTA Integrated Integrated circuit IntelliMouse Interactive Interface Internal Internal interrupt Interrupt Intertec Superbrain I/O address IOPS iPad IPB iPhone iPod IPOS IPS display IrDA IRQ ISA
Jack Jacquard Loom Java Card JavaStation Jaz drive Joint Test Action Group Joystick JTAG Jump Jumper
Keyboard Killer poke Kindle Kinect KVM switch
L2 cache L3 cache Landscape mode Laptop Laptop stand Laser Lazy write LCD Leapfrog test LED LED monitor Legacy LIFO Light Light guide Light gun Lightning Light pen Lightwave system LILO Line Line analyzer Line driver Line frequency Line level Link time Linux Terminal Server Project Liquid cooling Logic Logical Logical partition Logic circuit Long-haul Loopback Loop configuration LPAR LRC LTSP Luggable computer
M.2 Mac MAC address Machine Machine error Machine-readable magicJack Magnetic Magnetic card Magnetic card reader MagSafe Mainframe Male connector Manchester Baby Manchester Mark 1 Mark parity Matrix code Matte MCA Mechanical Media Meltdown and Spectre Memory Memory module Memory stick Mickey Microarchitecture Microcomputer Microcontroller Microphone Microsoft Signature Edition PC Microsoft Surface Minicomputer Mixed reality MMU Mode Model number Modem Modern Modularity Molex Molex connector Monitor Moore’s law Motherboard Moto Z Mouse MP3 player MSN TV MSX MTBF Multiphase cooling Multipoint
Nanocomputer Nanotechnology NAS NDAS Negation Nest Doorbell Nest Thermostat Nest x Yale Lock Netbook Nettop Network Direct Attached Storage NEWCARD NIC Nintendo DS Nintendo Switch NMI Node Non-interactive Non-volatile memory Nook No-parity Nor Northbridge Notebook computer NUC Null cycle Nvidia shield NVMe NVRAM
Object computer Oculus Rift Off Off-the-shelf OHCI OLED OLPC OMR On On and off On-hook Online Online state Open Open architecture Open system Optane memory Optical Optical communications Optical drive Optimize OSD OTP Output Output device Output stream Overclock Overheat
P1 PaaS Paddle PalmPilot Palmtop computer Panic Parallel Parallel access Parallel computer Parallel execution Parallel interface Parallel port Parallel transmission Parity bit Partition Part number Pascaline Passive-matrix display PC P-Cable PCB PC Card PC Card slot PCI PCI Express PCMCIA PCPartPicker PDA PDP Pen computer Pen drive Peopleware Peripheral Phablet Phantom Phases Phone Photocopier Photosensor Physical PID Pin Pin-compatible Ping pong buffer Pixelbook Platform PlayStation Playstation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PLCC PLED Plug Plug and play Plug-compatible PN PnP Polling Polling cycle Port 80 display Portable computer Port bar Port expander POST Postprocessor Power bank Power cycle Power supply PPGA PRAM Prebuilt computer Preprocessor Printer ProBook Processing device Processor Programmable ROM Programmable ROM programmer Project Ara PROM Propagation delay Prototype PS/2 PS3 PS4 PSP Punch card Punch tape Push-button PXI
Radiation RAM Random-access file Raspberry Pi RDRAM Read Read error Reboot Receptacle Recovery time Redundancy Register capacity Relay Reliability Remote Remote communication Remote terminal Render farm Repeater Reseat Reset Reset button Resource Restore button Rev Reverse engineering Rewrite RFID RF shielding RG-6 Rig Right to repair Ring RISC Riser board Robot Robustness Rocker switch RoHS Roku ROM ROM cartridge RO Terminal Router RRD RS-232 RS-422 RS-423 RS-449 RS-485 Rugged PC Runs on RXD
Samsung Family Hub Samsung Gear SAN SAS SATA Satellite computer SB SBus Scalable architecture Scanner SCC Screw Scroll wheel SCSI SCSI bus SCSI cable SCSI chain SCSI device SCSI port SD SDRAM Seated Sector Segment Semacode Sensor Serial Serial communications Serial console Serial device Serial number Serial port Server Service Tag Set-top box SFF Shuffle Shutterstock SHV connector SIGINT Silicon chip SIM card Simplex transmission Single Point of Failure Skin Slate PC Slimline model Small-Scale Experimental Machine Smart cable Smart card Smart dust Smart glasses Smart home Smartphone Smart TV Smartwatch Solid-state device Sound card Southbridge Speaker Specialized computer Special-purpose computer Specification Splash screen SSD SSD mounting bracket SSEM Stabilizer Standalone Standby Standing desk Starlink Static Stick computer Storage device Stress test Stylus Subnotebook computer Supercomputer SuperDisk Superscalar Surface Book Surface Duo Surface Pen Surface Studio Surge protector Switch Sync Synchronization Synchronous transmission SYS 64738 System diskette System failure System requirements System unit
Tablet Tape drive TDP Telephone Television Temperature Temperature gun Terminate Tesla Dojo Thermal sensors Thumbscrew Thunderbolt Tile TiVo Tools Touch Touchpad Touch screen Tower TPM Trackball Transcoding Transfer time Transistor Transmission Tuner card Turbo button Turnkey system TV TV tuner card Tweak Typeball Type Cover Typewriter
V.28 Vacuum tube Vanilla VCR VDU Vega Vendor ID Vertical mouse VGA VHF VHS VIA Video card Videodisk Viiv Virtual device Virtualization Vitesse Bus VL Bus Voice-grade channel Volatile memory Volume VR VRAM VSAM VT-100
Ware Warm swap Water block Waymo WDM Wearable Webcam Wetware WFM Wheel of reincarnation White box WHQL Wibree Wii Windows Mixed Reality Windows Touch Wing Wintel Wireless charging Workaround Workstation WQHD WQXGA Write Write mode
X86 Xbox Xbox 360 XJACK XT
