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  • 1080p - 1920 x 1080 Resolution
  • 2600 - Atari 2600
  • 2D - Two Dimensional
  • 32X - Sega 32X
  • 360 - Microsoft Xbox 360
  • 3D - Three Dimensional
  • 3GIO - Third Generation I/O
  • 5200 - Atari 5200
  • 720p - 1280 x 720 Resolution
  • AAA - Excellent
  • ADPCM - Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
  • AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
  • AI - Artificial Intelligence
  • AIQAS - Artificial Intelligence Question Answering Supercomputer
  • ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment
  • BD - Blu-ray Disc
  • Bleem - It's great! Can be used for anything! "Bleem you!"
  • BSOD - Blue Screen of Death
  • CD - Compact Disc
  • CEM - Cubic Environment Mapping
  • COD - Call of Duty
  • CODEC - Compressor and Decompressor
  • CPU - Central Processing Unit
  • CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
  • D3D - Direct3D
  • DC - Sega Dreamcast
  • DDR - Double Data Rate or Dance Dance Revolution
  • DK - Donkey Kong
  • DLC - Downloadable Content
  • DLP - Digital Light Processing
  • DLS - Downloadable Sounds (a.k.a. Downloadable Samples)
  • DMC - Devil May Cry
  • DOA - Dead or Alive
  • DOT3 - Dot Product Bump Mapping (a.k.a. Normal Bump Mapping)
  • DQ - Dragon Quest
  • DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • DS - Nintendo DS
  • DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
  • DSP - Digital Signal Processor
  • DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
  • DVI - Digital Visual Interface
  • DVR - Digital Video Recorder
  • DX - DirectX
  • E3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo
  • EA - Electronic Arts
  • EE - Emotion Engine
  • FF - Final Fantasy
  • FLOPS - Floating Point Operations Per Second
  • FMV - Full Motion Video
  • FPS - First Person Shooter or Frames Per Second
  • FPU - Floating Point Unit
  • FSAA - Full Scene Anti-Aliasing
  • GB - Nintendo GameBoy
  • GBA - Nintendo GameBoy Advance
  • GBC - Nintendo GameBoy Color
  • GC - Nintendo GameCube
  • GDC - Game Developers Conference
  • GEN - Sega Genesis (a.k.a. MegaDrive and MD)
  • GF - NVIDIA GeForce
  • GG - Sega Game Gear
  • GnG - Ghosts 'N' Goblins
  • GPU - Graphics Processing Unit
  • GRAW - Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
  • GTA - Grand Theft Auto
  • GUI - Graphical User Interface
  • HD - High Definition
  • HDD - Hard Disk Drive
  • HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface
  • HID - Human Interface Device
  • HL - Half Life
  • HPB - High Ping Bastard
  • HSR - Hidden Surface Removal
  • HUD - Head-Up Display
  • IDE - Integrated Device Electronics
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • IP - Internet Protocol
  • IPC - Instructions Per Cycle
  • IPS - Instructions Per Second
  • JAG - Atari Jaguar
  • KI - Killer Instinct
  • KOF - The King of Fighters
  • LAN - Local Area Network
  • LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
  • LED - Light Emitting Diode
  • LOD - Level of Detail
  • LOTR - Lord of the Rings
  • LPB - Low Ping Bastard
  • MGS - Metal Gear Solid
  • MK - Mortal Kombat
  • MMO - Massively Multiplayer Online
  • MMX - Multimedia Extensions
  • MOH - Medal of Honor
  • MPEG - Moving Picture Experts Group
  • MS - Microsoft
  • N64 - Nintendo 64
  • NES - Nintendo Entertainment System
  • NFS - Need for Speed
  • NG - NeoGeo
  • NT - Windows NT (New Technology)
  • OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
  • OGL - OpenGL
  • P4 - Intel Pentium 4
  • PC - Personal Computer
  • PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
  • PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
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  • PES - Pro Evolution Soccer
  • PGR - Project Gotham Racing
  • Pixel - Picture Element
  • PPU - Physics Processing Unit
  • PS2 - Sony PlayStation 2
  • PS3 - Sony PlayStation 3
  • PSO - Phantasy Star Online
  • PSP - PlayStation Portable
  • PSX - Sony PlayStation (a.k.a. PS1 and PSone)
  • PVC - PC Vs Console
  • PVR - PowerVR
  • Q3A - Quake 3 Arena
  • RAM - Random Access Memory
  • RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • RE - Resident Evil
  • RGB - Red, Green, and Blue
  • ROM - Read Only Memory
  • RPG - Role Playing Game
  • RROD - Red Ring of Death
  • RTS - Real-Time Strategy
  • SACD - Super Audio CD
  • SAT - Sega Saturn
  • SCD - Sega CD
  • SCE - Sony Computer Entertainment
  • SCSI - Small Computer Systems Interface
  • SDK - Software Development Kit
  • SF - Street Fighter
  • SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple Data
  • SM - Shader Model
  • SMB - Super Mario Bros.
  • SMK - Super Mario Kart
  • SMP - Symmetric Multiprocessing
  • SMS - Sega Master System
  • SNES - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • SOA - Sega of America
  • SoC - System on a Chip
  • SOJ - Sega of Japan
  • SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
  • SSD - Solid State Drive
  • SSE - Streaming SIMD Extensions
  • ST - Star Trek
  • SW - Star Wars
  • Texel - Texture Element
  • TG16 - NEC TurboGrafx 16
  • TGCD - NEC TurboGrafx CD
  • TGS - Tokyo Game Show
  • TnL - Transformation and Lighting (a.k.a. T&L)
  • TR - Tomb Raider
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus
  • UT - Unreal Tournament
  • VB - Nintendo Virtual Boy
  • Vertex - 3D Point (X,Y,Z)
  • VF - Virtua Fighter
  • VR - Virtual Reality
  • WAN - Wide Area Network
  • WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
  • WOW - World of Warcraft
  • WS - Bandai Wonder Swan
  • WSC - Bandai Wonder Swan Color
  • XB - Microsoft Xbox
  • XBLA - Xbox Live Arcade
  • XP - Microsoft Windows XP (eXPerience)
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