SW/HW acronyms

Christopher Poelker, FalconStor

Published: 26 Jul 2001

Mr. Poelker, can you please tell me what SW and HW mean?

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SW is an abbreviation that stands for "software" and HW is the abbreviation for "hardware." Most of us in the computer industry are at fault here for basically creating our own language of acronyms," which make it difficult for the rest of us to follow the text or conversation. It's just like the medical profession although we tend to stay away from Latin a bit.

http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/ttssto.asp?ac_id=69

Chris

Editor's note: I'd like to suggest checking out techtarget's Whatis.com Web site. Whatis.com is loaded with thousands of information technology definitions.

There are books available on what all those things mean like FCAL, FCSW, iFCP, SCSI, HW, SW, etc. Check your local bookstore or searchStorage.com's Learning Zone at .

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