Glossary B

b = bit (binary digit): unit of digital information: 1 bit = 0 or 1.
B = Byte (Binary octet): unit of digital data: 1 Byte = 8 bits.
BASIC = Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
BAT = MS-DOS BATch program file (text/ASCII format).
Baud = Modem line (carrier) signaling high/low events/shifts per second.
BBS = Bulletin Board System.
BD = Blu-ray Digital Versatile Disk standard (Sony/Philips/Hitachi/Sharp/Samsung).
BDA = BIOS Data Area.
BD-R = Blu-ray Disk Recordable Media standard (Sony/Philips/Hitachi/Sharp/Samsung).
BD-RE = Blu-ray Disk Rewritable Media standard (Sony/Philips/Hitachi/Sharp/Samsung).
BD-ROM = Blu-ray Disk Read Only Media standard (Sony/Philips/Hitachi/Sharp/Samsung).
BEDO = Burst Extended Data Out (DRAM).
Bel = Unit of acoustic/sound level/pressure/power: 1 Bel = 10 dB (deciBels).
BGA = Ball Grid Array (242 pin Intel CPU).
BIC-TCP = Binary Increase Congestion Transmission Control Protocol (NCSU).
BIF = Binary Image Format file.
BINHEX = BINary HEXadecimal (BINary to ASCII data conversion).
BIPM = Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (International Bureau of Weights and Measures).
BIOS = Basic Input Output System.
Blu-ray = Blu-ray (BD) Digital Versatile Disk standard (Sony/Philips/Hitachi/Sharp/Samsung).
BMP = RGB/RLE encoded Microsoft Windows BitMap Picture file.
BMR = Ballistic Magneto-Resistive effect (Hewlett Packard/IBM/Siemens Hard Disk Drive technology).
BoM = Bill of Material (manufacturer costs).
bpp = bits per pixel.
Bps = Bytes per second.
bps = bits per second.
BSB = Back Side Bus (CPU to RAM motherboard bus).
BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death. [Microsoft Windows most dreaded "feature"! :)]
BTX = Balanced Technology EXtended (motherboard form factor).
Bus = Binary data gateway between hardware modules: CPU, chipset, RAM, I/O etc.