Glossary
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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
IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics
AC'97 Audio Codec '97 IPSEC Internet Protocol Security
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port ISA Industrial Standard Arc hitecture
AMR Audio Modem Riser LAN Local Area Network
AOL Alert On LAN LSA LAN Desk Service Agent
APM Advanced Power Management MCH Memory Controller Hub
ATA Advanced Technology
Attachment
MMX MultiMedia eXtension
BIOS Bas ic Input Output System P64H PCI64 Hub
BMC Baseboard management
controller
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
CAN Controller Area Network PXE Preboot eXecution Environment
CPU Central Processing Unit RAM Random Access Memory
CNR Communication Network Riser RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital
Analogue Converter
C-RIMM Continuity Rambus Inline
Memory Module
RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random
Access Memory
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module RIMM Ram bus Inline Memory Module
ECC Error Correcting Code RTC Real Time Clock
EEPROM Electrical Erasable
Programmable Read Only
Memory
SB Soundblaster
FDC Floppy disk controller SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory
FIFO First-In First-Out SGRAM S ynchronous Graphic Random
Access Memory
FSB Front Side Bus SIMD Streaming Mode Instruction
(Single Instruction Multiple Data)
FWH Firmware Hub SMBus System Management Bus
GMCH Graphics and Memory Controller
Hub
SVGA Super Video Graphic Adapter
GPA Graphics Performance
Accelerator
USB Universal Serial Bus
I2C Inter Integrat ed Circuit VGA Video Graphic Adapter
IAPC Instantly Available Power
Managed Desktop PC Design
WOL Wake On LAN
ICH I/O Controller Hub