Advanced Configuration and Power Interface - Allows the OS to discover attached components and apply configuration options as provided by hardware manufactures; this includes plug and play functionality as well as device enumeration. A common use of this is for power management, to disable inactive devices, which explains this feature's namesake

Advanced Technology Extended - A standard size motherboard size. Maximum dimensions 12in (305mm) x 9.6in (244mm)

Basic Input/Output System - The built-in software that determines what a computer The BIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display screen, disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions.

Coaxial cable is used as a transmission line for radio frequency signals. Its applications include feedlines connecting radio transmitters and receivers to their antennas, computer network (e.g., Ethernet) connections, digital audio (S/PDIF), and distribution of cable television signals.

 It's typically a rectangular box that contains important parts like the motherboard, central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), and storage drives.

CMOS (short for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) is the term usually used to describe the small amount of memory on a computer motherboard that stores the BIOS settings. Some of these BIOS settings include the system time and date as well as hardware settings.

Direct Media Interface - Proprietary bus specification designed to facilitate communication between CPU and PCH controllers on Intel motherboards; was previously used between Northbridge/Southbridge chips on legacy architectures.

Digital Visual Interface - A video interface standard designed to provide very high visual quality on digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors.

A Digital Video Recorder (DVR) records video to local storage devices, most commonly a hard drive. DVR can record analog video sources on-site or capture video from a digital source. DVRs can be connected to analog cameras via coaxial cables, enabling them to be accessed remotely.

EVGA Advanced RMA - an option to have your replacement product sent to you before you return your original product. This is only available upon original registration within the first 30 days of purchase.

Extended ATX - Larger version of the ATX form factor. Maximum dimensions 12in (305mm) x 13in (330mm)

Global Positioning System

Determining a position. 

Navigation — Getting from one location to another. Tracking — Monitoring object or personal movement. Mapping — Creating maps of the world.

A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor.

Very large version of the ATX form factor. Maximum Dimensions 13.6in (346mm) x 15in (381mm)

HDMI - High-Definition Multimedia Interface is an interface on the graphics card designed to connect a graphics card to a television. HDMI is capable of passing audio through the HDMI cable to eliminate the need for audio connections to be connected to the display.

An Internet Protocol Camera, commonly referred to as an IP camera, is a digital video camera much like a webcam, which transmits and receives data over a network or the internet.

Local Area Network - In networking, this term describes the immediate group of devices connected and managed within the same topology following one or more of the IEEE 802 standards of communication. Commonly, this term specifies networks connected using CAT - 5/6 Ethernet and/or Wireless adapters, which occupy a relatively small geographical area (ie. your house or office).

Advanced Technology Extended Micro- A standard size motherboard size. Based on the ATX Standard specification, but with a smaller form factor. Maximum dimensions 9.6in (244mm) x 9.6in (244mm)

A motherboard is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in a computer. The motherboard is a computer's central communications backbone connectivity point, through which all components and external peripherals connect. Motherboards can be found in virtually all computers, especially desktop and laptop PCs

Network Interface Controller - A device used to transmit and receive electrical signals between two endpoints using one or more networking protocols (commonly IEEE 802). If the target host is outside of the range of direct physical connection, or wireless ad-hoc communication is not an option, intermediate networking devices such as routers, hubs, or switches are used to manage transmission and flow across the ‘network’ infrastructure (LAN, WAN, etc.).

NVR stands for Network Video Recorder. This type of system encodes and processes data captured by your CCTV cameras, and streams it to your NVR recorder. You view the footage via the recorder, which is used for remote viewing and video

Platform Controller Hub - Onboard microchip which interfaces with onboard peripherals and their controllers (including SATA, USB, some PCIe lanes, etc.). Communicates directly with the CPU via the DMI Bus. Replaces the previous Northbridge/Southbridge architecture.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express - a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP standards. Most common use is for Graphics Cards, but devices such as network cards and controller cards are also used in a PCI-E slot. PCI-E has 4 primary speeds, 1x, 4x, 8x and 16x.

Power on Self Test - A diagnostic testing sequence run by a computer’s BIOS as the computer’s power is initially turned on. The POST will determine if the computer’s RAM, disk drives, peripheral devices and other hardware components are properly working. If the diagnostic determines that everything is in working order, the computer will continue to boot.

A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load. The main purpose of a power supply is to convert electric current from a source to the correct voltage, current, and frequency to power the load. As a result, power supplies are sometimes referred to as electric power converters.

A processor is an integrated electronic circuit that performs the calculations that run a computer. A processor performs arithmetical, logical, input/output (I/O) and other basic instructions that are passed from an operating system (OS).

Redundant Array of Independent Drives - A means of take 2 or more physical hard drives through a controller (either onboard or through a card) to make a virtual drive for either performance or redundancy.

Remote support software allows technicians to view, control and run diagnostics on a remote device without asking the user to do anything. They can transfer files, configure settings, troubleshoot issues, and resolve problems on their own.

Some of its main tasks include: Troubleshooting - Agents use remote access software to connect to the end-user's device or system to diagnose and troubleshoot issues. 

RAM stores the data that helps your computer perform its most important tasks, such as loading apps, browsing websites, and editing documents. RAM lets you open apps and files quickly, because your computer can easily find the data in its short-term memory.

Serial AT (Advanced Technology) Attachment - A common standard for serialized data bus transmission between host systems and attached storage devices. Most controllers can provide both AHCI and RAID functionality. Replaces prior IDE/PATA interface.

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface - SCSI is an interface to plug in hard drives, large scale tape backups, and a few other types of devices.

Scalable Link Interface - Proprietary bus architecture designed by Nvidia to facilitate parallel processing across multiple GPU units. Requires motherboard support as well as a direct bridge connection (known as an SLI bridge).

Solid state drives (SSD) and hard disk drives (HDD) are data storage devices. SSDs store data in flash memory, while HDDs store data in magnetic disks. SSDs are a newer technology that uses silicon's physical and chemical properties to offer more storage volume, speed, and efficiency.

XMP - Extreme Memory Profile is memory profiles that are built into the memory by the memory manufacture to automatically set the timings, voltages and speeds of the memory with one easy setting. It typically only works with one set of memory.

Extra Large ATX - Larger version of the ATX form factor. Maximum dimensions 13.5in (343mm) x 13in (330mm)