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"Overclocking Acronyms for Dummies"
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11-22-04
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Domo eat you! >__<
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Below is a list of acronyms you may see around
 overclock.net. This thread is to help members decipher commonly used acronyms on OCN. If you happen to find a new term not listed (even out of date), or know of a definition not given, please post it in this thread and I will update ASAP. Thanks for your help.  --- AA: Anti Aliasing ADSL: Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line AF: Anisotropic Filtering AFAIK: As Far As I Know AGP: Accelerated Graphics Port ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit AMD: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. API: Application Programming Interface AS5: Arctic Silver 5 AC7: Arctic Cooler 7 ASAP: As soon as possible ATA: Advanced Technology Attachment ATAPI: Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface (EIDE) ATX: Form factor was designed to replace the AT form factor BGA: Ball Grid Array Bios: Basic Input Output System BB: Best Buy Bit: Binary DigIT BE: Black edition BSOD: Blue Screen Of Death BT: Big Typhoon (A heatsink made by TT) C2D: Core 2 Duo C2Q: Core 2 Quad CAS: Column Access Strobe or Column Address Strobe CBA: Can't be assed (Contributed by Nostrano) CCD: Cold Cathode CF: CrossFire CFM: Cubic Feet per Minute CGA: Color Graphics Adapter (4 Color) CORE CLOCK SPEED: Speed at which a processor operates CMOS: Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CPU: Central Processing Unit A.K.A. Processor or proc CRT: Cathode Ray Tube CS: Counter strike CSAA: Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing CS:S: Counter strike Source D3D: Direct3D DODS: Day of Defeat Source dB: decibels DD: Danger Den [Store to buy Overclocking gear] DDR: Double data rate DIMM: Dual Inline Memory Module DMA: Direct Memory Access DOA: Dead on Arrival DOS: Disk Operating System DPI: Dots Per Inch DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory DVD: Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc DVI: Digital Video Interface EE: Extreme Edition OR Energy Efficient (Depending on context) EG: Exempli Gratia EGA: Extended Graphics Adapter (16 color) EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EIST: Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EVGA: Extended VGA FAT: File Allocation Table FDD: Floppy Disc Drive FPS: Frames Per Second|First Person Shooter|Etc FPU: Floating Point Unit FSAA: Full-Scene Anti-Aliasing FSB: Front Side Bus FTL: For the Lose FTW: For The Win GDDR: Graphics Double Data Rate GB: Gigabyte GHz: one billion clock cycles per second GPU: Graphics Processing unit AKA the "Core" GUI: Graphical User Interface HD: Hard Drive OR High Definition (Depending on the context) HDD: Hard Disk Drive HDR: High Dynamic-Range HL2: Half Life 2 HSF: Heat Sink Fan HT: Intel’s Hyper Threading HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language HTT: AMD’s Hyper Transport Technology HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics IHS: Integrated Heat Spreader I/O CONTROLLER: Input Output Controller IMHO: In my honest opinion IMO: In my opinion IP: Internet Protocol ISA: Industry Standard Architecture ISP: Internet Service Provider ITAT: Intel Thermal Analysis Tool KB: Kilobyte LAN: Local Area Network LCD: Liquid Crystal Display LED: Light Emitting Diode LGA: Land Grid Array MB: Megabyte MBR: Master Boot Record MFLOPS: (Mega)Floating-point operations per second (1 million FLOPS) MHz: MegaHertz MICRON: Micrometer; one millonth of a meter. MS: Microsoft MIPS: Million Instructions Per Second MOBO: Motherboard MTBF: Mean Time Between Failures (PSU's) MSAA: Multi-Sampling Anti-Aliasing NB: North Bridge NIB: New in Box|New In the original Box NIC: Network Interface Card NVIDIA: NVIDIA, is a mixture of "n" a mathematical variable meaning "to the highest degree" and video,which comes from Latin videre, "to see" — implying "the best visual experience. n00b/nub/Newb/Newbie: New User or not so skilled person with very little experience or knowledge on the subject. NTFS: New Technology File System OC OverClock OCer Overclocker OCN: Overclock.net OCP: Over current protection OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer OLED: Organic light emiting diode OpenGL: Open Graphics Library OS: Operating System (WINDOWS, LINUX, UNIX, DOS, OS2, AND MAC) OTP: Over temperature protection OVP: Over Voltage Protection PATA: Parallel ATA PCB: Printed Circuit Board / Process Control Block PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI-E/PCX: PCI-Express come in 1x 4x 8x 16x PCI-X: PCI v2.0+ 2.0 is 266mHz PCI/AGP LOCK: Function of some motherboards that allows you to lock the Southbridge controllers PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PDF: Portable Document Format PITA: Pain in the ass/arse POP3: Post Office Protocol version 3 PGA: Pin Grid Array PIXEL RESPONSE: The time it takes for a LCD pixel to change from black to white (you want 16ms or lower for gaming) PLL: Phase locked loop POST: Power On Self Test PSU: Power Supply Unit QAA: Quality Antialiasing QFT: Quoted For Truth RAD: Radiator RAID: redundant array of independent drives RAM: Random Access Memory RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter RAS: Row Access Strobe or Row Address Strobe RBX: Type of water block from Danger Den REFRESH RATE: number of times a CRT's electron beam sweeps across the screen during a full second REP: REPutation RGB: Red, Green, Blue RGBHV: Red, Green, Blue, Horizontal sync, Vertical sync RIMM: Rambus Inline Memory Module .rar/rar: A popular file archive format similar to ZIP. Most often used on Apple/Mac systems. RMA: Return Manufacturer Agreement ROFL: Rolling on floor laughing ROM: Read Only Memory RPM: Revolutions Per Minute RTS: Real Time Strategy (has other meanings but this is generally what they mean) PWM: Pulse Width Modulation S478 S939 SXXX: S= SOCKET XXX= NUMBER OF PINS SAA: Supersampling Antialiasing SATA: Serial ATA SCP: Short circuit protection SB: South Bridge or Sound Blaster (depending on context) SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface SDR: Single Data Rate SDSL: Synchronous Digital Service Line SG: Seagate SIMM: Single In-line Memory Module SLI: Scalable Link Interface S.M.A.R.T.: Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMbus: System Management Bus SMP: Symmetric Multi-Processors SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SSAA: Super-Sampling Anti-Aliasing SSE SSE2 SSE3: Streaming Single-instruction-multiple-data Extension TB: Terabyte TC: Thermal Compound or TurboCache (Depending on context) TCP/IP: Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TDP: Thermal Design Power TD: Tigerdirect.com TDX: Type of water block from Danger Den TEC: ThermoElectric Cooling (PELTIER) TF2: Team Fortress 2 OCN Server 8.9.16.94:27015 TFT: Thin Film Transistor TP: Thermal Paste TRUE: ThermalRight Ultra Extreme TT: ThermalTake UPC: Universal Power Cord (used on power supplies) UPS: Un-interruptible Power System USB: Universal Serial Bus UT: Unreal Tournament UV: Ultraviolet UVP: Under voltage protection VC: Video Card VCORE: Voltage of the CORE of a processor VDIMM: Voltage of memory (DIMM) VID: Voltage Identification VGA: Video Graphics Array VPU: Video Processing unit VRM: Voltage regulator module W3: Sometimes shorted from the WWW or World Wide Web WAN: Wide Area Network WB: Water Block ( used to cool a processor with liquid) WC: Water Cooled (process of removing heat from a processor by means of moving water WD: Western Digital WDM Windows Device Manager WI-FI: WIreless FIdelity. WP: Water Pump XE: eXtreme Edition [same as EE] X-Fi: Xtreme Fidelity ZIF: Zero Insertion Force .zip|ZIP|ZP: Compression files that save disk space (PKZip is most popular) --- Credits go out to Xavier1421 for coming up with the name of the thread. Originally created by SpookedJunglist. Torch passed to Miki.
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Last edited by Miki : 06-13-08 at 01:49 PM. Reason: Update June 13, 2008 |
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Outstanding!!
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Is POP a COP???
does COP push MOP??
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Thank you goes to Spooked for the great idea, I think the New Members area is a good place for this thread. New members should refer to this Acronym guide when they are lost during a thread where acronyms are used extensively.
This sticky will be a living sticky, meaning people who post pertinent information (ie. new acronyms) will be added to the sticky. I give that job to Spooked, and I will help out as necessary. Great job Spooked!
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Just a couple additions/clarifications:
NB - Northbridge (see original post) SB - Southbridge (see original post) HTT and HT are synonomous (for Hyper-Threading or Hyper-Threading Technology), when used in reference to an Intel CPU VC - video card PCI-E/PCI-X - PCI-Express Other than those, looks good. 
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WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Anti-Aliasing and Full-Scene Anti-Aliasing seen to be a big one out there, lots of people don't know what they do (I didn't up until last night, lol)
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DOS: Disk Operating System
__________________dpi: Dots Per Inch ATAPI: ATtachment PAcket Interface EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics GUI: Graphical User Interface HD: Hard Disk Hard Drive HTML: HyperText Markup Language http: HyperText Transfer Protocol IP: Internet Protocol ISA: Industry Standard Architecture ISP: Internet Service Provider LAN: Local Area Network NIC: Network Interface Card OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer PCMIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PDF: Portable Document Format POP3: Post Office Protocol version 3 RGB: Red, Green, Blue SIMM: Single In-line Memory Module SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol TCP/IP: Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TFT: Thin Film Transistor DMA: Direct Memory Access USB: Universal Serial Bus VGA: Video Graphics Array WAN: Wide Area Network WI-FI: WIreless FIdelity
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