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GA |
Gate Array |
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GaAlAs |
Gallium Aluminium Arsenide |
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GaAs |
Gallium Arsenide |
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GAL |
Generic Array Logic |
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GAP |
Generic Access Profile |
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GB |
GigaByte |
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GCS |
Gate Controller Switch |
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GDI |
Graphics Device Interface |
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GDS |
Global Directory Services |
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GDT |
Graphic Display Terminal |
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GFCI |
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter |
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GFI |
Ground Fault Interrupter |
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GFLOPS |
Giga-Floating Point Operations Per Second |
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GFSK |
Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying |
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GHz |
Gigahertz |
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gif |
Graphics Interchange Format |
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GIGO |
Garbage In Garbage Out |
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GIRL |
Generalised Information Retrieval Language |
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GIS |
Geographic Information System |
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GKS |
Graphics Kernel System |
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GLB |
Generic Logic Block |
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GMM |
Graphical Multi-Meter |
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GMR |
Giant Magneto Resistance |
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GND |
Ground |
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GNU |
Gnu's Not UNIX |
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GPF |
General Protection Fault |
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GPIB |
General Purpose Interface Bus |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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GRP |
Global Routing Pool |
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GSI |
Graphic Structure Input |
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GSM |
Global System for Mobile communications |
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GTL |
Gunning Transceiver Logic |
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GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
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HAL |
Hardwired Array Logic |
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HART |
Highway Addressable Remote Transducer |
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HC |
High speed CMOS |
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HCMOS |
High-density Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
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HCT |
High speed Cmos with TTL levels |
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HD |
Hard Disk |
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HD |
High Density |
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HDB |
Home Data Base |
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HDC |
Hard Disk Controller |
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HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
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HDD |
Head Down Display |
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HDL |
Hardware Description Language |
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HDLC |
High Level Data Link Control |
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HDSL |
High speed Digital Subscriber Lines |
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HDTV |
High Definition Television |
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HDX |
Half Duplex |
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HEMT |
High Electron Mobility Transistor |
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HER |
High Efficiency Red |
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HET |
Heterodyne |
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HEU |
Headset electronic Unit |
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HF |
High Frequency |
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HFS |
Hierarchical File System |
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HIC |
Hybrid Integrated Circuit |
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HI-FI |
High Fidelity |
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HIPO |
Hierarchy Input |
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HISAM |
Hierarchical Indexed Sequential Access Method |
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HLL |
High Level Language |
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HLS |
Hue Luminance Saturation |
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HMA |
High Memory Area |
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HMD |
Helmet Mounted Display |
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HMOS |
High-density Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
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HOOD |
Hierarchical Object Oriented Design |
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HP |
Hewlett Packard |
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HP |
Horse Power |
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HPC |
Handheld PC |
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HPFS |
High Performance File System |
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HPGL |
Hewlett Packard Graphics Language |
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HPIB |
Hewlett Packard Interface Bus |
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HPIL |
Hewlett Packard Interface Loop |
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HS |
Helical Scan |
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HSM |
High-Speed Memory |
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HSSI |
High Speed Serial Interface |
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HSV |
Hue-Saturation-Value |
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HTL |
High Threshold Logic |
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HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
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HTS |
Helmet Tracking System |
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HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
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HUD |
Head Up Display |
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HVDC |
High Volatage Direct Current |
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HVPS |
High Volatage Power Supply |
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Hz |
Hertz - Cycles per second |
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I/O |
Input/Output |
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I2C |
Integrated InterConnect |
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I2ICE |
Integrated Instrumentation and InCircuit Emulation |
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I2L |
Integrated Injection Logic |
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IA |
Instrumentation Amplifier |
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IBM |
International Business Machines |
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IC |
Integrated Circuit |
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ICE |
In-Circuit Emulator |
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ICL |
International Computers Ltd |
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IDC |
International Data Corporation |
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IDCT |
Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform |
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IDE |
Integrated Device Electronics or Intelligent Drive Electronics |
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IDE |
Integrated Development Environment; |
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IDVC |
Integrated Data/Voice Channel |
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IEE |
Institute of Electrical Engineers |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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IEEIE |
Institute of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers |
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IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
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IF |
Intermediate Frequency |
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IGBT |
Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor |
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IGES |
Initial Graphics Exchange Standard |
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IGFET |
Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor |
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IIE |
Institute of Industrial Engineers |
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IIL |
Integrated Injection Logic |
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IIR |
Infinite Impulse Response filter |
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ILD |
Injection Laser Diode |
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IMECHIE |
Institute of Mechanical Incorporated Engineers |
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InP |
Indium Phosphide |
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INTELSAT |
International Telecommunications Satellite consortium |
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IOB |
Input/Output processor |
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IP |
Internet Protocol - see TCP/IP |
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IP |
Intellectual Property |
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IP |
Interface Processor |
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IPC |
Interprocess Communication Services |
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IPGA |
Inverted Pin Grid Array |
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IPSEC |
Internet Protocol SECurity |
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IPUI |
International Portable User Identity |
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IPX |
Internetwork Protocol Exchange |
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IR |
InfraRed |
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IR |
Current/Resistance |
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IRAS |
InfraRed Astronomical Satellite [Space] |
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IRD |
Integrated Receiver/Decoder |
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IRDA |
InfraRed Data Association |
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IRED |
InfraRed Emitting Diode |
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IRQ |
Interrupt Request |
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IRTF |
Internet Research Task Force |
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ISA |
Industry Standard Architecture |
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ISA |
Instrument Society of America |
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ISAM |
Indexed Sequential Access Method |
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ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
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ISN |
Information Systems Network |
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ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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ISP |
In System Programmable |
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ISPBX |
Integrated Systems PBX |
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ISV |
Independent Software Vendor |
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IT |
Information Technology |
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ITAC |
ISDN Terminal Adapter Circuit |
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ITC |
InterTool Communications |
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ITT |
International Telephone and Telegraph |
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ITU |
International Telecommunications Union |
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IVD |
Integrated Voice Data |
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IVTS |
International Video Teleconferencing Service |