| Acronym | Meaning |
| DASD | Direct Access Storage Device |
| DTE | Data Termination (Terminal) Equipment |
| ODI | Open Data-link Interface |
| CIE | Color Model = Commission Internationale De L'Eclairage Color Model |
| RDRAM | Rambus DRAM |
| POST | Power On Self Test |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check (Code) |
| CDFS | Compact Disk File System |
| ALU | Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit |
| CWR | Congestion Window Reduced |