Specifications

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CATEGORY STYLE GUIDE: CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
Canon
CaptionVision (multiple
manufacturers)
CardBus
carry case
Case Logic
Casio
Cat5
C battery
cc:Mail (Lotus)
CD (CD Digital Audio or CD Extra)
CD Graphics
CD-I
CD-i Bridge
CD Jogger (Panasonic)
CD Jogger+ (Panasonic)
CD LabelMaker (Data Becker)
CD Manager (Panasonic)
CD-MIDI
CD-R
CD-ROM (6x/6x/2x)
CD-ROM XA
CD single
CD Text (n., adj.)
CD-R, CD-RW, CD-R/RW
CD-RW (adj.), CD-writer (n.)
Celeron
CG silicon
ChanneLock (RCA)
chipset
ClearVoice
Click Wheel
Cobra
color-layering technology (printers)
ColorStream
ColorTRAK
ColorView screen (RCA camcorder)
combo (instead of combination--ex.,
TV/VCR combo)
Commercial Advance (licensed to
multiple manufacturers)
CompactFlash
Compact Modem Card (Panasonic)
component-video (adj.)
composite-video (adj.)
Compu Link
Compu Play
photo, iPod shuffle
IO digital pen (Logitech)
Iomega
iPAQ (Compaq)
IrDA
iRiver
iTunes
ITU-T (communications standard)
i-zone (camera)
J
Jacket (Macally trademark)
Java
JavaScript
Jaz drive
JBL
Jensen
Jetprinter
jewel case
JumpStart (children's software)
JVC
K
K (see K entry under "Abbreviations")
Kbps (abbreviation of kilobits per
second; add space between numeral and
Kbps, ex: 80 Kbps)
Kensington
Kenwood
kernel
KLH
Klipsch
Kodak
Kogi
Konica-Minolta
Koss
Kyocera
L
Labtec
LaCie
LAN
LANalyzer
landline
SmartScanner
SLR (acceptable on first reference;
stands for single-lens reflex)
Smart Autofocus (Canon)
SmartList (Elron)
SmartMedia
SmartMute (Magnavox)
smartphone
SmartScanner
SmartSound Plus (Magnavox)
Smart-UPS
smooth-motion scan
Socket Digital Phone Card
SO DIMM (memory)
SoftQuad
SOHO (small office and home office;
avoid acronym on first mention)
Sony
Sony Ericsson (phones)
sound card
SoundJam MP
Southwestern Bell
SP3, SP4, etc. (Microsoft; short for
Service Pack 3, Service Pack 4, etc.,
for Windows NT)
Spacemaker (GE)
Spatializer
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)
speakerphone
Spectra lens coating (Canon)
speed dial (n.), speed-dial (adj.)
Sprint
SquareSoft
standalone (n., adj.)
startup
stereophone
Stick It Right
still-frame (n., adj.)
Stitch Assist (Canon)
Studio Acoustics
Super Audio CD (SACD acceptable
on second reference)
SuperDisk
Super Extra Bass System (S-XBS)
(Panasonic)
Super G
Super Spectra lens coating (Canon)