Specifications

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CATEGORY STYLE GUIDE: CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
(AVLS) (Sony)
auto reverse
autorouting
AutoStandby (Uniden)
AutoTalk (Uniden)
Auto Thyristor (Vivitar)
AV (use audio-video at first mention)
B
backlight, backlit
backup (n.) back up (v.)
Back-UPS
backward-compatible (adj.),
backward compatible (predicate adj.)
Battery Friendly (Socket trademark)
Battle.net (Internet game service)
Belkin
Bell and Howell
BenQ
Best Data Products
Bigpicture
BioWare
black and white (n.), black-and-white
(attribute); B&W is OK if not in running
text. Do not use black & white.
black-level control
BlackBerry (handheld)
Bluetooth
Blu-ray disc
boombox
Bose
Boston Acoustics
Brother
BRAVIA
Brunton
bubble jet (n.), bubble-jet (adj.)
buying guide
C
caller ID
caller ID/call waiting (caller ID
function)
camera phone (never hyphenate)
CanoScan
HomeSite (Allaire)
home theater in a box (not HTIB)
home theaters in a box
home theater system (not theatre)
hot key
HoTMetaL (SoftQuad software)
HotSync
HP (abbreviation for Hewlett-Packard)
HTML
HyperCard (Macintosh)
Hyper Scan (JVC)
Hyper Surround (JVC)
hyperthreading
I
i2Go.com
IBM
iBook
ID3 tag (labels mp3 songs)
IEEE 1394 (same as FireWire)
i.Link
iMac
IMAP4 (e-mail protocol)
Imation
InDesign (Adobe)
Index Search (Panasonic)
Infinity
InFocus
InfoLithium
Illumi-Guide control
infrared
inkjet, inkjet printer
inline
insidephone (Panasonic)
Insta-Focus (Bushnell)
instant messaging (IM)
InstaVision (Bushnell)
Intel
IntelliFAX (Brother)
Intelligent Scanning Technology (HP)
IntelliMouse
Intellisync (Puma software)
InterAct
Internet service provider, or ISP
introscan (apparently not a trademark)
iPod, iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod
R
RAM
rangefinder
RCA
RealAudio
RealVideo
Recoton
red-eye (n., adj.)
ReplayTV
REt
Return+ (JVC)
rewritable
Ricoh
Riflescope
ringtone
RJ-11 (phone plug/jack)
Rolling Stone
RS-232, RS-232-C (serial port
standards)
S
sample rate converter
Samsung
SanDisk
Sansui
Sanyo
scalable
Scanjet (HP)
S.E.A. equalization (JVC)
screen saver
Secured Encryption Technology
(SuperDisk)
Secure Digital card
Sennheiser
SDRAM (synchronous DRAM)
Sharp
Shockwave (Macromedia)
ShockWave (Panasonic)
ShockWave Metal (Panasonic)
ShowSaver memory protection
(RCA)
Shredmaster
Shure
SimpleSearch (ScanSoft)
SkipDoctor