Appendix
Abbreviation Index
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
AT
Advanced Technology
BIOS
Basic Input Output System
CFL
Cold cathode Fluorescent Lamp
COM
Communication Port
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
DSTN
Double Super Twisted Nematic
ESD
Electrostatically Sensitive Device
HW
Hardware
ISA
Industrial Standard Architecture
ISO
International Standardization Organization
LAN
Local Area Network
LPT
Line Printer
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
MDR
Mini Delta Ribbon
POS
Point of Sale/ Point of Service
RAM
Random Access Memory
SCR
Swipe Card Reader
SMD
Surface Mounted Device
STN
Super Twisted Nematic
SVGA
Super Video Graphic Array
SW
Software
TFT
Thin Film Transistor Technology
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
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