ACRONYMS : Computer Components

Acronyms are words formed from the first letters of a series of words which form a name, like USA for United States of America. Computer technology, with many long scientific names, uses many acronyms. See if you know the meaning of these common anconyms:

: CPU
Calibrated Point Unit
Central Processing Unit
Call-Put Union
Curcuit Processing Union


: CRT
Chemical Radiation Treatment
Computer Reality Training
Cathode Ray Tube
Calmly Return Technique


: CD
Curcuit Damper
Certificate of Delineation
Core Directive
Compact Disk


:OS
Order Symbols
Only Sometimes
Operating System
Optimal Solution



:Modem
a type of memory
a machine to connect to the Internet
the latest version of something
Modern Democracy


 :HD
Hardware Decline
Header Design
Half Done
Hard Drive



:DVD
Digital Video Disk
Decline Virtual Dump
Dither Visual Design
Directional Vertical Dither



:PDA
Physical Dimensional Analysis
Private Dial-in Access
Personal Digital Assistant
Proven Direct Asset


:PC
Physical Cost
Pacific coast
Private contractor
Personal Computer


:GUI
Grand Under Inspection
Graphic User Interface
Grade Upper Incline
Geo Use Indicator

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