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Disk Operating System DOS (Command Line OS) Graphics Device Interface GDI (Windows) Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL (Software Interface) Hardware Compatibility List HCL (Windows) Internet Connection Sharing ICS (Internet) Installable File System IFS (API) Primary Domain Controller PDC (Windows NT) Program Information File PIF (DOS Apps) Plug and Play PnP (Auto-Assign Resources) Preboot Execution Environment PXE (Network Boot) Active Directory AD (Microsoft) Dynamic Link Library DLL (File) Encrypting File System EFS (File Security) Security Identifier SID (Unique Name) Solid-State Drive SSD (Storage Device) User Account Control UAC (Windows Security) User State Migration Tool USMT (Transfer Files) Video Graphics Array VGA (Analog Video) Windows Driver Model WDM (Driver Framework) Windows File Protection WFP (Protects Core Files) Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CMOS (Backed up by Battery) New Technology File System NTFS (Microsoft File System) Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM (No Accessories) Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCIe (Bus) Power-On Self Test POST (Tests Components) Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID (Multiple Disks) Request For Comments RFC (Protocol Approval) Returned Materials Authorization RMA (Send Back Items) Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format S/PDIF (Digital Audio Protocol) Universal Serial Bus USB (External Bus) Graphics Processing Unit GPU (Video Cards) Graphical User Interface GUI (Mouse Input) Integrated Device Electronics IDE (Hard Drive) Industry Standard Architecture ISA (Bus) Local Area Network LAN (Networking) Read-Only Memory ROM (Non-Volatile Memory) Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SATA (Serial Interface) Wide Area Network WAN (Large Network) Wireless Local Area Network WLAN (Network w/o Wires) World Wide Web WWW (Internet) Accelerated Graphics Port AGP (Video Cards) Advanced Technology Extended ATX (Form Factor) Basic Input/Output System BIOS (Low-Level Control) Dual In-Line Memory Module DIMM (RAM Module) Digital Visual Interface DVI (Connector) Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS (Material Disposal) Network Interface Card NIC (Network Hardware) Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI (Bus) Power Supply Unit PSU (Adapts Power) Random Access Memory RAM (Working Memory) Binary Digit Bit (Smallest Storage) Command Line Interface CLI (Keyboard Input) Central Processing Unit CPU (Brains of System) Electrostatic Discharge ESD (Wrist Strap) Floppy Disk Drive FDD (3.5 or 5.25") Hard Disk Drive HDD (Primary Storage) Input/Output I/O (Communication) Microsoft MS (Software Developer) Operating System OS (Windows) Personal Computer PC (IBM had the first)