Useful & Informative Computer Acronyms - Abbreviations

--- A ---

ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port

ALI - Acer Labs, Incorporated
 
ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
 
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
 
APC - American Power Conversion
 
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
 
ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
 
ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
 
AT - Advanced Technology
 
ATI - ATI Technologies Inc.
 
ATX - Advanced Technology Extended

 

--- B ---

BFG - BFG Technologies  

BIOS - Basic Input Output System  

BNC - Barrel Nut Connector

 

--- C ---

CAS - Column Address Signal
 
CD - Compact Disk
 
CDR - Compact Disk Recorder
 
CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer
 
CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
 
CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute (ft�/min)
 
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
 
CPU - Central Processing Unit
 
CTX - CTX Technology Corporation (Commited to Excellence)

--- D ---

DDR - Double Data Rate
 
DDR-SDRAM - Double Data Rate - Synchronous 
Dynamic Random Access Memory
 
DFI - DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation)
 
DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module
 
DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
 
DPI - Dots Per Inch
 
DSL - See ASDL
 
DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
 
DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disk - Random 
Access Memory

 

--- E ---

ECC - Error Correction Code
 
ECS - Elitegroup Computer Systems
 
EDO - Extended Data Out
 
EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
 
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
 
EVGA - EVGA Corporation

--- F ---

FC-PGA - Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
 
FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
 
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
 
FPS - Frame Per Second
 
FPU - Floating Point Unit
 
FSAA - Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
 
FS - For Sale
 
FSB - Front Side Bus

--- G ---

GB - Gigabytes

 
GBps - Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second
 
GDI - Graphical Device Interface
 
GHz - GigaHertz

--- H ---

HDD - Hard Disk Drive
 
HIS - Hightech Information System Limited
 
HP - Hewlett-Packard Development Company
 
HSF - Heatsink-Fan

--- I ---

IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
 
IC - Integrated Circuit
 
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
 
IFS- Item for Sale
 
IRQ - Interrupt Request
 
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
 
ISO - International Standards Organization

--- J ---

JBL - JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers
 
JVC - JVC Company of America

--- K ---

Kbps - Kilobits Per Second
 
KBps - KiloBytes per second

--- L ---  

LG - LG Electronics
 
LAN - Local Are Network
 
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
 
LDT - Lightning Data Transport
 
LED - Light Emitting Diode

--- M ---

MAC - Media Access Control
 
MB � MotherBoard or Megabyte
 
MBps - Megabytes Per Second
 
Mbps - Megabits Per Second or Megabits Per Second
 
MHz - MegaHertz
 
MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second
 
MMX - Multi-Media Extensions
 
MSI - Micro Star International

--- N ---

NAS - Network Attached Storage
 
NAT - Network Address Translation
 
NEC - NEC Corporation
 
NIC - Network Interface Card

--- O ---

OC - Overclock (Over Clock)
 
OCZ - OCZ Technology
 
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

 

--- P ---

PC - Personal Computer
 
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
 
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
 
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
 
PCMCIA - Peripheral Component Microchannel 
Interconnect Architecture
 
PGA - Professional Graphics Array
 
PLD - Programmable Logic Device
 
PM - Private Message / Private Messaging
 
PnP - Plug 'n Play
 
PNY - PNY Technology
 
POST - Power On Self Test
 
PPPoA - Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
 
PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
 
PQI - PQI Corporation
 
PSU - Power Supply Unit

--- R ---

RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
 
RAM - Random Access Memory
 
RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor
 
RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
 
ROM - Read Only Memory
 
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute

--- S ---

SASID - Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
 

SCA - SCSI Configured Automatically
 

SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
 

SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
 

SECC - Single Edge Contact Connector
 

SODIMM - Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
 

SPARC - Scalable Processor ArChitecture
 

SOHO - Small Office Home Office
 

SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
 

SSE - Streaming SIMD Extensions
 

SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array 

S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interface

--- T ---

TB - Terabytes
 

TBps - Terabytes per second
 

Tbps - Terabits per second
 

TDK - TDK Electronics
 

TEC - Thermoelectric Cooler
 

TPC - TipidPC
 

TWAIN - Technology Without An Important Name

--- U ---

UART - Universal Asynchronous 

Receiver/Transmitter
 

USB - Universal Serial Bus
 

UTP - Unshieled Twisted Pair

--- V ---

VCD - Video CD
 

VPN - Virtual Private Network

--- W ---

WAN - Wide Area Network
 

WTB - Want to Buy
 

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

--- X ---

XGA - Extended Graphics Array
 

XFX - XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
 

XMS - Extended Memory Specification
 

XT - Extended Technology

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Is your PC running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows?

The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer's processor (also called a CPU), handles information. The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than the 32-bit version. Follow the steps in the sections below to find out if your PC is running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows and what edition of Windows is on your PC.

Computers running Windows XP

• Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
  • If "x64 Edition" is listed under System, you’re running the 64-bit version of Windows XP.
  • If you don’t see "x64 Edition" listed under System, you’re running the 32-bit version of Windows XP.
  The edition of Windows XP you're running is displayed under System near the top of the window.

Computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7

• Click the Start button , right-click Computer, and then click Properties.
  • If "64-bit Operating System" is listed next to System type, you’re running the 64-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows 7.
  • If "32-bit Operating System" is listed next to System type, you’re running the 32-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows 7.
  The edition of Windows Vista or Windows 7 you're running is displayed under Windows edition near the top of the window.

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Crack Internet Explorer Passwords

If you have parents or at a public place with Internet Explorer and it is password protected to restrict content a simple regedit can put you in control. It deletes the password for Microsoft Internet Explorer so you can change its settings or view restricted sites. ALWAYS BACK UP THE REGISTRY YOU EDIT!

1. Start-Run-regedit
2. Type HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\\Policies\Ratings
3. There are two enteries: Rating and Default. Delete Ratings. DO NOT TOUCH DEFAULT!
4.Do a search of your C Drive(or what ever drive your system folder is in) for ratings.pol and delete it.

Now you should have reset Internet Explorers password and can download FireFox so you won't have that problem again.

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Cleaning up your PC

For all you people who download freeware and random apps know after a few years it adds up and will fill up your computer. Here are someways too keep your hard drive on empty and your ram usage low with all those damn .dll threads.

For one, clear out your temp folder. Go to run and then put in %temp%. Then delete everything in this folder that you can(you cannot delete files being used so don't worry if it says it cannot delete) and leave ones that won't delete. 
Now delete your internet cache. Your internet chache is a folder where your web pages are stored for quick viewing later. To delete open your web browser and under options check clear cache and stored pages as long as clear cookies. There is an option for how much space your browser is allowd to use for these files. Depending how big your hard drive is you can set that yourself.
Delete your custom or downloaded fonts! Fonts often use up a lot of space and slow down word processors. Too many may cause your word processor to crash frequently.
After you have done the above the its time to defragment your hard drive. As you probably know go to Start-programs- accesories-system tools- disk defrag. This helps a lot and should be done 2 or 3 times a year depending on how bad you are with installing and uninstalling programs.

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Change your IP Address in Windows XP, Vista 7 and Mac

If you surf the Internet frequently, then you need some online security, as there are several websites that want your personal information. One way to protect your online privacy is to surf by changing your ip address while using websites that you don't trust. Here you can get the methods to change your ip address in Windows XP, Vista, 7, and Mac, using the popular browsers Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Mac Safari.

One thing any Internet user should know is how to change their IP Address. This little piece of information is the first thing many sites can see about you as soon as you visit. Thankfully, unless you have a static IP Address for running your own web server, IP addresses can be easily changed.

How you change your IP address depends on how you connect to the Internet. If your computer connects directly to the Internet or you would like to change the IP address you have on your LAN, you can use the command prompt utility called ipconfig.

First open a new Command Prompt window in XP. The Command Prompt can often be found in the Programs menu under Accessories. To familiarize yourself with whats going on, type "ipconfig" (without the quotes). This shows your IP address and other stuff like your internet adapter and modem. For an extended view put in ipconfig/displaydns. This will show you more stuff that can come in handy when digging up IP's for servers at work or at school. Now, to renew (change) your IP, type "ipconfig/renew". Now you have a new IP address.

If you are a broadband Internet subscriber and have a separate stand-alone modem, the easiest way to change your IP address is to unplug the modem, wait 30 seconds to a minute, and then plug it back in. This will force the modem to go out to the ISP again and get a new IP address. Often times there will be a way to reset your IP address somewhere in the modem's options but this varies by modem brand and ISP, and can often take longer.

If you would like to check your IP address (before or after changing it), you can use a service like ShowMyIP.com

Change IP Address in Internet Explorer

Go to Internet Options under the Tools menu.

Click on Connections tab.

If you use a dial up connection, select currently active connection and click on Settings button.

Check the check box labeled "Use a proxy server for this connection".

Fill the IP address and Port number and click on OK button. (Use our proxies or get your own)

If you use cable or DSL, click on the LAN Settings button, and repeat step 4 and 5 for that connection.

Click the OK button to finish. Now feel free to surf anonymously with changed ip address.

Change IP Address in Firefox

Click on Tools and then click on Options.

Click on Advanced button at the top of pop up window.

Now choose Network tab and go to Connection settings.

Click on Manual proxy configuration radio button.

Now set the HTTP Proxy and Port Number. (Feel free to use these)

Click on OK button. Now you can access the Internet with a changed ip address.

Change Your IP Address in Mac's Safari

Go to Edit and click on Preferences.

Click on Advanced button.

Click on Change Settings button which is just next to label "Proxies".

For dial up connections, select the Internet connection for which you want to change your ip address.

Click on settings.

Click on the check box labeled "Use a proxy for this connection" and enter proxy port and ip address in text boxes.

Click on OK button to change your ip address with anonymous proxy ip address.

For LAN Connections, you need to click on "LAN Settings" Button after step 3, and enter anonymous proxy ip and port as in ster 6 and 7.

While most people are primarily concerned about the privacy of their web browser only, sometimes that is not enough. Here are instructions for completely changing your ip address in Windows XP, Vista, and 7. However, please note that this method does not change your apparent geographic location or identity. If you'd like to change your IP address to something other than your own (or to a different location), try a real change ip address service.

Change my IP address in Windows XP

Remove your router (if using one), connect your computer to your modem, and restart both. After doing this, try refreshing this page to make sure that your Internet is back online.

1. Go to your START menu, click Run, and type cmd, then hit Enter.
2. At the prompt, type "ipconfig /release" and hit Enter.
3. Go to your START menu, "Connect to", and "Show all connections".
4. Right-click on "Local Area Connection" and select Properties.
5. Highlight "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and click "Properties"
6. Check "Use the following IP address", for IP address enter 111.111.111.111, and for Subnet mask enter 255.0.0.0
7. Click OK and Close, and then wait a minute (60 seconds) for those settings to register.
8. Repeat steps 4-6 to get back to the TCP/IP settings, but this time select "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS automatically"
9. Click OK and Close, then wait 60 seconds. After 60 seconds, refresh this page to confirm that your IP address has changed.

Change my IP Address in Windows Vista and 7

Again, if you're using a router, you'll need to remove it. Simply connect the modem cable directly into your computer, and then restart both the modem and computer. After doing so, refresh this page to make sure that you've reconnected to Internet. With Vista and 7, you may need to restart a couple times.

1. Click on your START menu (very lower left corner of your screen), type "cmd" into the white box, and Enter.
2. At the prompt, type "ipconfig /release" and Enter.
3. Turn your modem OFF, disconnect it's electric cord from the wall, and remove any backup battery if it has one. Then wait a full 60 seconds (if this doesn't work, then try again and wait overnight).
4. Turn your modem back ON, and wait another 60 seconds until all the lights are back on and blinking normally.
5. From your START Menu, click Control Panel, then Network and Internet, Network and Sharing Center, Manage network connections.
6. RIGHT-click on Local Area Connection, and select Disable.
7. Wait 30 seconds. RIGHT-click on Local Area Connection, and select Enable. Wait another 30 seconds.
8. Refresh this page to confirm that you have a new IP.

You can also use the following methods:

Type "ipconfig/release" and then going into network properties and automatically renewing the ip.

Internet options --> right click on your source of internet click properties --> Scroll down to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) hit properties --> click "use the following IP address:" --> use ipconfig in commands prompt (start --> run --> type cmd hit enter) --> copy the information into the provided fields and change ur ip address by 1 on the last three digits

Remove your router (if using one), connect your computer to your modem, and restart both. After doing this, try refreshing this page to make sure that your Internet is back online.
2. Go to your START menu, click Run, and type cmd, then hit Enter.
3. At the prompt, type "ipconfig /release" and hit Enter. Notice the space in between ipconfig and /
4. Go to your START menu, "Connect to", and "Show all connections".
5. Right-click on "Local Area Connection" and select Properties.
6. Highlight "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and click "Properties"
7. Check "Use the following IP address", for IP address enter 111.111.111.111, and for Subnet mask enter 255.0.0.0
8. Click OK and Close, and then wait a minute (60 seconds) for those settings to register.
9. Repeat steps 4-6 to get back to the TCP/IP settings, but this time select "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS automatically"
10. Click OK and Close, then wait 60 seconds. After 60 seconds, refresh this page to confirm that your IP address has changed.

Note: Remember no operation can be performed on Local area connection while it has its media disconnected and no operation can be performed on Bluetooth Network while it has its media disconnected. For those of you whose ip address was the same after doing this, do this:

BEFORE you put in ipconfig/renew, you need to put in ipconfig/release. You will then see your ip address as a bunch of zero's. THEN put in ipconfig/renew.

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Install Windows XP in Less than 15 Minutes

Now, this tip will be very helpful for those who frequently install windows xp operating system. Normally OS installation takes around 40 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can now save 10-15 minutes. This simple tricks goes this way...

1. Boot through Windows XP CD.

2. After all the files are completely loaded, you get the option to select the partition. Select "c".


3. Now Format the partition, whether it is normal or quick with NTFS or FAT
4. Once the formatting is completed, All the setup files required for installation are copied. Restart your system by pressing Enter.Now, here begins the Simple trick to save 10-15 minutes.

5. After rebooting, you get a screen where it takes 40 minutes to complete or finalize the OS installation.

6. Now, Press SHIFT + F10 Key ->  This opens command prompt.

7. Enter "Taskmgr" at the command prompt window. This will open Task Manager.

8. Click the ProcessTab, here we find a process called Setup.exe -> Right Click on Setup.exe -> Set Priority -> Select High or Above Normal. Initially it will be Normal.


Thats it, no more work to do. Relax your self and see how fast the installation process completes.

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All China Mobiles Codes

Engineer mode : *#110*01#
Factory mode : *#987#
Enable COM port : *#110*01# - Device - Set UART - PS Config - UART1/115200
Restore factory settings : *#987*99#
LCD contrast : *#369#
Software version : *#800#
Software version : *#900#
Set default language : *#0000# Send
Set English language : *#0044# Send
Set English language (new firmware) : *#001# Send
Default Passwords : 1122, 3344, 1234, 5678 

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Easy Mehndi Designs For Hands

Here are some Easy Mehndi Designs For Hands. It's for that people who had felt problem to make complected designs. These Easy Mehndi Designs For Hands are really easy, no wastage of time, no more complication, It's beautiful and will make your personality great.

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Beauty Tips

Diet and acne... many people say that foods don't affect acne, some people say it does. Well, they are both right in my opinion. All depends how your body, your skin reacts to certain foods and what skin type you have - if you don't have acne problem, foods may not cause you problems, but for those with acne problem, certain foods can make it worst.

In my opinion, if you are reading this article I assume that you have acne problem, bigger or smaller, anyway it affects your life some way and you are looking for solution. My advice is - you should care what you eat, you should avoid certain foods, and you should have your eyes open and observe if your acne problem is getting worse after eating certain foods - because each of us may react different and what we can do is to observe our own bodies, simply to know our bodies like we know our favourite movie. Sounds strange? Believe me, so many of us don't know own body, especially how certain foods affect it.

In my opinion, foods are so important in our life and if we can, we always should care what we eat to make our internal systems stronger, it's hard to see how internal organs look like, but if they work properly we will be healthy.

I want to give you an example about something you can see: if you want to build strong body, big muscles and be simply strong man (or woman)! You have to exercise, practice, give your body muscles proper stimulation, it will make your body stronger - adding special foods into that, your body will be stronger even faster, because of proper nutrition. In acne battle is the same, just food is even more important.

It's good to use other treatments, like: proper cleansing, antibiotics and effective lotions - but without proper dietiary plan, they will not be as sufficient as they could be - even if you will get rid of acne using antibiotics, it may come back after a while if your diet is bad and you have to answer if you want to go for acne antibiotics again?

I guess you know that antibiotics always have some side effects. Read about the causes of acne and some crucial rules to follow to get rid of acne (one of them is to avoid certain foods - there are four more ruleslisted there).

It's great to start with restricted diet and after a while, when your acne problem is getting smaller, you can try with foods that you removed from your menu, maybe it will not affect you - you will observe. There always should be balance, between what to eat and what not to eat, sometimes we just like so much foods we should avoid and we have to let go our restrictions, we shouldn't be to hard on ourselves with our diets but it's great to know what food causes what problems in our body and be able to accept cause and effect.. and most important, always smile on the way!

So let's go to the most important part, to the list of foods that may cause the acne problem:

LIST OF FOODS YOU SHOULD REMOVE FROM YOUR ACNE DIET:

• Nuts - and products that are made with nuts: such as peanut butter
• Chocolates - in any forms
• Cola and other dark drinks - it's ok to drink light colored sodas
• Spicy foods - especially if you use sauces you buy in stores, homemade chilli sauce with fresh peppers are not that bad.
• Salty foods - like french fries, chips and other. If you want to eat salt, please use it while cooking
• Pizza - oops!
• Dairy products
• Less sugar - it may cause problems, so consume less sweet products - I know it's hard
• Less fried foods - again something with "less". So enjoy fried foods, but not all the time

Well, I hope you are not depressed now! In the list you can see "less sugar" and "less fried foods" - I would recommend to remove sugar and fried foods for some days to see how your body reacts and then include a bit if wanted.

Feel that there is nothing left to eat? Well it's simply not true. I will give you in case the list of foods you can eat and it's the same long!

STAY WITH THAT LIST OF FOODS TO HELP ACNE PROBLEM:

• Meat
• Chicken
• Fish
• Vegetables and fruits
• Cereals and grains
• Coffee and tea
• Bread

You may also try herbs for acne - but before using herbs it's recommended to consult first with doctor if you should use certain herbs and for how long. Read about good vitamins for acne.

It will all depends on how advance acne you have to get rid of your acne problem. As it was mentioned before, after getting rid of it, add foods from your "not to eat" list, one by one and give yourself few days how your body reacts. Now, you have to decide which list of foods you will choose. I believe both: you will avoid eating foods from the first list and enjoy foods on the second list.

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