Acronyms and Abbreviations
APM | Advanced Power Management | LPT | Line Printer |
ATA | AT Attachment | LVD | Low Voltage Differential |
ATAPI | ATA Packet Interface | MB | Megabyte |
BIOS | Basic I/O System | Mbps | Megabits per second |
CVBS | Composite Video Broadcasting Signal | MHZ | Megahertz |
DMA | Direct Memory Access | MPEG | Moving Picture Expert Group |
ECC | Error Correction Code | NIDS | Network Driver Interface Specification |
ECP | Enhanced Capabilities Port | NTSC | National Television System Committee |
FDC | Floppy Disk Drive Controller | OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
FDD | Floppy Disk Drive | PAL | Phase Alternation Line |
HDC | Hard Disk Drive controller | PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive | PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card |
IDE | Integrated Device Electronics |
| International Association |
IEEE | Institute for Electrical and Electronics | PIC | Programmable Interrupt Controller |
| Engineers, Inc. | PIO | Programmed I/O |
I/O | Input/Output | POST | |
IP | Internet Protocol | RAM | Random Access Memory |
IRQ | Interrupt Request | RAMDAC | RAM |
ISA | Industry Standard Architecture | SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
KB | Kilobyte | SMBus | System Management Bus |
Kbps | Kilobits per Second | TCP/IP | Transmission Control Provocol/Internet |
KHz | Kilohertz |
| Protocol |
LAN | Local Area Network | USB | Universal Serial Bus |
LBA | Logical Block Addressing | V | Volts |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display | WAN | Wide Area Network |