Abbreviations

AIEE	American Institute of Electrical Engineers
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices
ASIC	Application specific integrated circuit
ATA	Advanced technology attachment
CMOS	Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
CSS	Content scramble system (copying prevention encryption)
CVD	Chemical vapor deposition
CWDM	Coarse wavelength division multiplexing (120nm apart)
DSL	Digital subscriber line
DTCP	Digital transmission context protection
DTV	Digital TV
DVI	Digital video interface
DWDM	Dense wavelength division multiplexing (1 nm apart)
ECC	Error checking and correction
EMR	Extraordinary magnetoresistance
ESR	Equivalent series resistance
GE	General Electric
GMR	Giant magnetoresistance
HDMI	High-definition multimedia interface
H-P	Hewlett-Packard
IBM	Individual Business Machine
IDE	Integrated drive electronics
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IP	Intellectual property
IRE	Institute of Radio Engineers
LOS	Line-of-sight
MIST	Metal-insulator-semiconductor transistor
MIT	Massachussets Institute of Technology
MMDS	Multichannel multipoint distribution service
MSM	Metal-semiconductor-metal
NIXy	Numeric indicator experimental ( set of diodes in a glass tube containing neon gas)
NLOS	Non-line-of-sight
OBE	Officer (of the Order ) of the British Empire
OFS	Optical fiber system
PDA	Personal digital assistant
p-i-n	p-type, intrinsic, n-type (semiconductor which generates current when is struck by a photon )
R&D	Research and development
RCA	Radio Corporation of America
SCSI	Small computer system interface
Smart	Self-monitoring and reporting technology
SOC	System on chip
TI	Texas Instruments
TWT	Travelling-wave Tube
USB	Universal serial bus
VCR	Videocassette recorder
VCSEL	Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
VHS	Video home system

Appendix 2

British and american spelling differences

British	American
travelling	traveling
colour	color
civilise	civilize
mediaeval	medieval
reflexion	reflection
metre	meter
catalogue	catalog
defence	defense
draught	draft
enclose	inclose
cheque	check
fulfil	fulfill

Appendix 3