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PTZ
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Pan-Tilt-Zoom
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Pt
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Patient
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Sx
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symptoms
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q
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every
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Input/Output
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I/O
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CS
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Cisco Services
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CCMP
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Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol
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ESD
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ELECTRO-STATIC DISCHARGE
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SAH
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage
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MD
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MEDICAL DOCTOR
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EUC
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End-User Computing
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IQ
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INTELLIGENCE QUOTENT
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PL
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PROJECT LEADER
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RNT
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Right Now Tool
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol
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HSM
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Hardware Security Module
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ECC
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Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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SCP
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Secure Copy Protocol
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ACL
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Access Control List
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FAT
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FILE ALLOCATION TABLE
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DVD
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DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK
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EFS
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ENCRYPTING FILE SYSTEM
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PIN
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PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
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WEP
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WIRED EQUIVALENCY PROTOCOL
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NIC
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NETWORK INTERFACE CARD
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IDE
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INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS
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SP5
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SERVICE PACK 5
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SSID
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SERVICE SET IDENTIFIER
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UTP
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Unshielded Twisted Pair
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UPS
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Uninteruptible Power Supply
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CVA
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Cerebral Vascular Accident
(Stroke)
Death of brain matter from loss of blood supply
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OTC
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Over the counter
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RUE
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Right upper extremity
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LUQ
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Left upper quadrant
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BIB
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Brought in by
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PDP
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN
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O&P
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ova and parasites
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RUQ
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right upper quadrant
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THR
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total hip replacement
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RFC
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request for change
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GUID
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globally unique identifier
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RAM
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Random Access Memory
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ES
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Expert System (1)
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IS
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Information System (1)
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LRS
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Located Ringer's solution
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NPO
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nil per os
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TDM
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time division multiplexing
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NOI
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Nation of Islam
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GNI
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Gross National Income
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SVR
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SITE VISIT REPORT
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REC
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RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE
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ADR
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ADVERSE DRUG REACTION
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SCAP
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Security Content Automation Protocol
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CERT
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Computer Emergency Response Team
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IaaS
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Infrastructure as a Service
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WINS
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WINDOWS INTERNET NAMING SERVICE
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PATA
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PARALLEL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT
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TCP/IP
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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MRSA/VRSA
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Vanomyocin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
two types of very resistant bacteria
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VDRL
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venereal disease research laboratory
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OLE
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Object Linking and Embedding
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ENTEL
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EMPRESA NACIONAL DE Telecomunicaciones
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KLOC
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Thousand Lines of Code
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STDM
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statistical time division multiplexing
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COFO
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Council of Federated Organizations
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EMEA
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EUROPEAN MEDICATIONS EVALUATION AGENCY
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TACACS
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Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
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OSHA
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION
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IADL
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INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
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MDT DB
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Microsoft Deployment Tool Database
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CATS
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Customer Activity Tracking System (3)
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An electrical component that generates a magnetic field when a current is passed through it and stores the entery in the form of the magnetic field. It is typically a loop or coil of wire.
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Inductor
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NAVTA
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National Association for Veterinary Technicians in America
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NetBIOS
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NETWORK BASIC INPUT / OUTPUT SYSTEM
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PID
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Pelvic inflammatory disease - and infection of the uterus and fallopian tubes
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a non-volatile RAM memory technology that uses magnetic charges to store data instead of electic charges, such as those used in SRAM and DRAM technologies
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MRAM
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IPCC
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Intro- governmental Panel on Climate Change
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CABG or CABS
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Open heart surgery involving arterial bypass using a trans-
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The physical connections that carry control information between the CPU and other devices within the computer.
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Control Bus
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BID
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bis in die
Twice per day (refers to Rx)
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RDC / EDC
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REMOTE DATA CAPTURE /
ELECTRONIC DATA CAPTURE
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A special type of EEPROM that can be erased and reprogrammed in blocks instead of one byte at a time. Many modern PCs have their BIOS stored on such a memory chip.
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Flash memory
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GB
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GIGABYTE
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w/o
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Without
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TB
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tuberculosis
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OOB
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out-of-box
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IM
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Intramuscular
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SP
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Service Provider
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AH
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Authentication Helper
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EMI
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ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFACE
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IRQ
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INTERRUPT REQUEST
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BSO
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Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
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CSF
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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w/u
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Work up
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Hb, Hgb
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hemoglobin
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SG
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Specific gravity
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XSS
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Cross-Site Scripting
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PC
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Personal Computer
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AM
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amplitude modulation
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PA
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PROJECT ASSISTANT
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MSO
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Maintenance Sales Order
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MAC
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Message Authentication Code
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IKE
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Internet Key Exchange
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BIOS
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Basic Input/Output System
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PCI
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PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT
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WPA
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WiFi PROTECTED ACCESS
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VGA
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VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY
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USB
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UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
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LCD
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LIQUID CRYSTAL DIODE
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SPS
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STANDBY POWER SUPPORT
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DDR
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DOUBLE DATA RATE
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ASR
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AUTOMATED SYSTEM RECOVERY
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DNS
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DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM
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AAA
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm
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ROM
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Range of motion
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MRA
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Magnetic resonance angiogram
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IVC
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Inferior vena cava
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FFS
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FEE FOR SERVICE
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RLQ
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right lower quadrant
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LDL
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low density lipoproteins
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TPM
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Trusted Platform Module
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VAN
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Value Added Network
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ESS
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Executive Support System
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HIV
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Human immunodeficiency virus
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WBC
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white blood count
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bps
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bits per second
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RVT
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Registered Veterinary Technician
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UDL
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United Defense League
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PPP
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Purchasing Power Parity
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TCR
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TELEPHONE CONTACT REPORT
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SCSI
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Small Computer System Interface
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RBAC
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Rule Based Access Control
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ICMP
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Internet Control Message Prorocol
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DIMM
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DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE
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APIPA
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Automatic Private IP Addressing
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H&P
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History and physical exam
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MCHC
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mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
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GPMC
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Group Policy Management Console
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CIF
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CODIGIO DE INDIFICACION FISCAL
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RAD
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Rapid Application Development (1)
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EIS
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Executive Information System (1)
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VBA
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Visual Basic for Applications
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POTS
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plain old telephone service
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MOWM
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March on Washington Movement
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LEDS
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LEAD ESSENTIAL DOCUMENT SPECIALIST
(Sr. CRS)
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SDLM
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Software Development Life Cycle Methodology
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HIPAA
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HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996
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MLGPO
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Multiple Local Group Policy Objects
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CD-RO
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M Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
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A special high-speed storage mechanism. It can be either a reserved section of main memory or an independent high-speed storage device. Two types are commonly used in PCs: memory and disk.
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Cache
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BSCP
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Brotherhood of sleeping car porters
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MI
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myocardial infarction or a heart attack. Implies death of heart muscle.
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An electric component that conducts electric current in only one direction, functioning as a one-way valve. Typically made from semi-conductor materials such as silicon, germanium, or selenium and are used as voltage regulators, signal rectifiers, oscill
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Diode
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UNHCR
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United Nations High Commission for Refugees
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JVD
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Jugular venous distension - a swollen vein in the neck caused by high right heart pressures seen in CHF
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hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor. When you add a new device to a PC, you sometiems need to set its number by setting a DIP switch. This specifies which interrupt line the device may use.
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IRQ
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PNPUtil
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Microsoft PnP Utility - Tool to add, delete and enumerate driver packages
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A&O x 3
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Alert and oriented to time, place, person
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THE ACRONYM FOR TROOP LEADERSHIP
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BAMCIS
BEGIN PLANNING
ARRANGE FOR RECONNAISANCE AND COORDINATION MAKE RECONNAISANCE
COMPLETE PLAN
ISSUE ORDER
SUPERVISE
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