Computer hardware and software standards are technical standards instituted for compatibility and interoperability between software, systems, platforms and devices.
| Standard | Version | Released yyyy/mm/dd |
|---|---|---|
| AC'97 | 2.3 | 2002/04 |
| ACPI | 5.0[1] | 2011/11/23 |
| AGP | 3.0 | 1999 |
| AHCI | 1.3 | 2008/06/26 |
| Advanced Power Management (APM) | 1.2 | 1996/02 |
| AT Attachment | ATA/ATAPI-7 | 2005 |
| ATX | 2.3 | 2007/03 |
| BIOS Boot Specification | 1.01[2] | 1996/01 |
| BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Specification (INT 13H) | 3.0[3] | 1998/04/20 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 2010/06/30 |
| Boot Integrity Services API | 1.0[4] | 1998/12/28 |
| BTX Chassis Design Guidelines | 1.1 | 2007/02 |
| BTX Interface Specification | 1.0b | 2005/07 |
| BTX System Design Guide | 1.1 | 2007/02/20 |
| Chassis Air Guide (CAG) | 1.1 | 2003/09 |
| CompactFlash (CF) | 5.0 | 2010 |
| Common Building Block (for notebooks) | 2005 | |
| Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) | 1.1 | 2007/12 |
| Desktop Management Interface (DMI) | 2.0.1s | 2003/01/10 |
| DDC/CI | 1.1 | 2004/10 |
| DisplayPort | 1.2 | 2009/12/22 |
| DVI | 1.0 | 1999/04/02 |
| Enhanced Display Data Channel (E-DDC) | 1.2 | 2007/12/26 |
| Double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM) | JESD79-3 | |
| Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) | 1.0 | 1993 |
| El Torito | 1.0 | 1995/01/25 |
| Energy Star | 5.0 | 2008/11/14 |
| Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) | ||
| Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) | 1.0 | 2007 |
| Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) | 1.10 | 2002/12/01 |
| Embedded Technology eXtended (ETX) | 3.02 | 2007/01/22 |
| EDID | 2.0 | |
| FireWire (IEEE 1394) | 1394-2008 | 2007/12 |
| Floating point (IEEE 754) | 754-2008 | 1985 |
| HDMI | 1.4 | 2009/05/28 |
| HyperTransport (HT) | 3.1 | 2008/07/23 |
| I²C | 03 | 2007/06/19 |
| I2O | 1996 | |
| Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) | ||
| Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE, ATA/ATAPI, PATA) | ||
| Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) | 2.0 | 2004/02/14 |
| Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) | ||
| MultiProcessor Specification (MPS) | 1.4 | 1995/07/01 |
| NVM Express | 1.0[5] | 2011/03/01 |
| ONFI | 2.2 | 2009/10 |
| PCI | 3.0 | 2002/08/12 |
| PC Card | 8.0 | 2001/04 |
| PCI-X | 2.0 | 2003 |
| PCI Express (PCIe) | 4.0 | 2010/11/18 |
| PMBus | 1.1 | |
| POST Memory Manager (PMM) | 1.01[6] | 1997/11/21 |
| Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) | 2.1[7] | 1999/09/20 |
| RAID | 1980's | |
| Small Computer System Interface SCSI | ||
| Serial ATA (SATA) | 3.1[8] | 2011/07/18 |
| Shuttle PCB Assembly (SPA) for notebook motherboards | 2010 | |
| Simple Boot Flag Specification | 2.1 | 2005/01/28 |
| Simple Firmware Interface (SFI) | 0.7 | 2009/07/31 |
| System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) | 2.7.1 | 2011/02/01 |
| System Management Bus (SMBus) | 2.0 | 2000/08/03 |
| Trusted Platform Module (TPM) | 2.0 | 2015 |
| TWAIN | 2.1 | 2009/08/08 |
| VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) | 3.0 | 1998/09/16 |
| UEFI Platform Initialization (PI) specification | 1.2[9] | 2009/05 |
| Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification | 2.3.1[10] | 2011/04/08 |
| UEFI Shell Specification | 2.0 | 2008/10/08 |
| Unified Display Interface (UDI) | 1.0 | |
| Universal Serial Bus (USB) | 4.0 | 2019 |