Version: 2008
CNET GLOSSARY: Terms for the techie
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UDMA 
ultra direct memory access 
A protocol for the interface between the hard drive and computer memory. It improves on the ATAPI/EIDE standard by doubling data transfer rates to 33MB per second, which translates into faster disk reads and writes. UDMA retains backward compatibility for previously existing hardware.


 
U 
UART
UDF
UDP
UDMA
unified controls
uniformity
 
Unix
untethered download
upconvert
upload
UPnP
URL
 
USB
Usenet
UTP
UUencode
UWB
  
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