Glossary
The technical terms and abbreviations given below represent only a selection of the full list of common technical terms and abbreviations.
Not all technical terms and abbreviations listed here are valid for the described mainboard.
ACPI | Advanced Configuration and |
| Power Management Interface |
AC'97 | Audio Codec '97 |
AGP | Accelerated Graphics Port |
AMR | Audio Modem Riser |
AOL | Alert On LAN |
APM | Advanced Power Management |
ASF | Alert Standard Format |
ATA | Advanced Technology |
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BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
BMC | Baseboard management |
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CAN | Controller Area Network |
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CCR | Chipcard Reader |
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CNR | Communication Network Riser |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
CSA | Communications Streaming |
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DIMM | Dual Inline Memory Module |
DVO | Digital Video Out |
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ECC | Error Correcting Code |
EEPROM | Electrical Erasable |
| Programmable Read Only |
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FDC | Floppy disk controller |
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FSB | Front Side Bus |
FWH | Firmware Hub |
GMCH | Graphics and Memory Controller |
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GPA | Graphics Performance |
I2C | Accelerator |
Inter Integrated Circuit | |
IAPC | Instantly Available Power |
| Managed Desktop PC Design |
ICH | I/O Controller Hub |
IDE | Intelligent Drive Electronics |
IPSEC | Internet Protocol Security |
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ISA | Industrial Standard Architecture |
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LAN | Local Area Network |
LSA | LAN Desk Service Agent |
MCH | Memory Controller Hub |
MMX | MultiMedia eXtension |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
P64H | PCI64 Hub |
PCI | Peripheral Component |
| Interconnect |
PXE | Preboot eXecution Environment |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
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RAMDAC | Random Access Memory Digital |
| Analogue Converter |
RDRAM | Rambus Dynamic Random |
| Access Memory |
RIMM | Rambus Inline Memory Module |
RTC | Real Time Clock |
SATA | Serial ATA |
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SB | Soundblaster |
SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random |
| Access Memory |
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SGRAM | Synchronous Graphic Random |
| Access Memory |
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SIMD | Streaming Mode Instruction |
| (Single Instruction Multiple Data) |
SMBus | System Management Bus |
SVGA | Super Video Graphic Adapter |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
VGA | Video Graphic Adapter |
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WOL | Wake On LAN |
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