Specifications

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CATEGORY STYLE GUIDE: CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
Word List
Is it ”Range Finder” or “Rangefinder”? “Home Theater in a Box” or “HTIB”? Below is a reference guide to how certain
terms should appear in print on Amazon.com.
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100Base-T
3CCD
3Com
3dfx
3DNow!
3-D Phonic virtual surround sound
(JVC)
3D Prophet (Guillemot)
3D Vortex
3M
3-LCD
3-Pack (not 3-Pk)
4-port
486DX, 486SX (no space)
A
A3D
AC-3
AccuSearch (RCA)
AC/DC
Acer
Acid DJ (software)
Acid Hip-Hop (software)
Acoustic Design
Acoustic Research
action-RPG (short for action/role-
playing game)
Active Clear Bass
Active Hyper Bass Pro (JVC)
active matrix (adj.)
ActiveSync
A/D (instead of analog-to-digital; spell
out on first mention)
Adobe PageMaker
Adobe PageMill
Advanced Photo System (use
acronym APS after first mention)
Advanced PQI
Advanced Virtual Surround Sound
F
Fast Ethernet
fast-forward
Fatal1ty, famous gamer & gaming
products
Fellowes
ferrite bar, ferrite-bar (n., adj.)
fiber optics (n.), fiber-optic (adj.), ex:
fiber-optic cable
50+1 (mega CD players)
FileMaker
FileMaker Pro
fine-tune, fine-tuning
FireWire (computer connection)
Fireworks (Macromedia software)
Fisher
flash drive
flash ROM
flat-panel display
flat-square (adj.)
flat-square technology (FST)
FlexNeck
flip phone
floorstanding
FoneCam
Fort Knox
Franklin Electronics
FreeHand (Macromedia software)
FST (Toshiba)
f-stop (f5, f3.8-f5)
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Fuga
Fujifilm
Fujinon
G
G&A Imaging
gamepad
Garmin
GB (abbreviation for gigabytes; add
P
Packard Bell
PageMaker
PageMart
PageMill
Palm III (not 3)
Palm Computing platform
Palmcorder (Panasonic)
Palm V (not 5)
palmOne except in ASIN title
PalmPilot
palmsize
palmtop
Palm-size PC (Microsoft)
Palm Universal Connector (in
reference to Palm products)
Panasonic
Pay As You Go
PCPhoto magazine
Peachtree
PCI card
PC Card
peak-to-peak (way of measuring
voltage)
peer-to-peer (adj.)
P.E.M. D.D. (JVC)
Pentax
Pentium II or Pentium III (not 2 or 3)-
-but, Pentium 4
Performance
Permalloy
Philips
phone (not telephone)
phone book
phono
Photo CD
PhotoMAX (Polaroid)
Photo-REt, PhotoREt III (color-
layering technology, HP)
Photoshop
PhotoShot (Panasonic)