SHORTCUTS

Hardware Abbreviations

A reference of 19 terms and abbreviations related to hardware.

• CPU

  Central Processing Unit

• GPU

  Graphics Processing Unit

• ALU

  Arithmetic Logic Unit

• FPU

  Floating Point Unit

• RAM

  Random Access Memory

• ROM

  Read Only Memory

• SSD

  Solid State Drive

• HDD

  Hard Disk Drive

• BIOS

  Basic Input Output System

• UEFI

  Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

• VGA

  Video Graphics Array

• HDMI

  High-Definition Multimedia Interface

• USB

  Universal Serial Bus

• RAID

  Redundant Array of Independent Disks

• PCB

  Printed Circuit Board

• FPGA

  Field Programmable Gate Array

• ASIC

  Application-Specific Integrated Circuit

• SoC

  System on Chip

• JTAG

  Joint Test Action Group