CompTIA A+ 1102 Acronyms F-L
FAT
File Allocation Table
FAT12
12-bit File Allocation Table
FAT16
16-bit File Allocation Table
FAT32
32-bit File Allocation Table
FSB
Front-Side Bus
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GFS
Grandfather-Father-Son
GPS
Global Positioning System
GPT
GUID [Globally Unique Identifier] Partition
Table
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
GUI
Graphical User Interface
GUID
Globally Unique Identifier
HAL
Hardware Abstraction Layer
HAV
Hardware-assisted Virtualization
HCL
Hardware Compatibility List
HDCP
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HSM
Hardware Security Module
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
I/O
Input/Output
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
ICR
Intelligent Character Recognition
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers
IMAP
Internet Mail Access Protocol
IOPS
Input/Output Operations Per Second
IoT
Internet of Things
IP
Internet Protocol
IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
IR
Infrared
IrDA
Infrared Data Association
IRP
Incident Response Plan
ISO
International Organization for
Standardization
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ITX
Information Technology eXtended
KB
Knowledge Base
KVM
Keyboard-Video-Mouse
LAN
Local Area Network
LC
Lucent Connector
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LED
Light-emitting Diode