BIOS
   Basic Input Output System  
COTS
   Commercial Off-The-Shelf  
CPU
   Central Processing Unit  
DRAM
   Dynamic Random Access Memory  
EEPROM
   Electrically Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory  
FPGA
  

Field Programmable Gate Array

  
GUI
   Graphical User Interface  
HDD
   Hard Disk Drive  
LCD
   Liquid Crystal Display  
IP
   Intellectual Property  
PCB
   Printed Circuit Board  
SSD
   Solid State Disk  
STN
   Super Twisted Nematic.  This is an abbreviation for some passive LCD panels.    
TFT
   Thin Film Transistor.  This is an abbreviation commonly used commonly used to describe active matrix LCD panels.  
VHSIC
   Very High Speed Integrated Circuits  
VHDL
   VHSIC Hardware Description Language  
VGA
   Video Graphics Adapter