Glossary
The terms in this glossary cover the topics discussed in this manual. Alternate | ||
naming is included for reference. |
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Abbreviations | HDD: hard disk drive | |
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AC: alternating current | IDE: integrated drive electronics | |
I/O: input/output | ||
AGP: accelerated graphics port | ||
IrDA: Infrared Data Association | ||
ANSI: American National Standards | ||
IRQ: interrupt request | ||
Institute | ||
KB: kilobyte | ||
APM: advanced power manager | ||
LCD: liquid crystal display | ||
ASCII: American Standard Code for | ||
LED: light emitting diode | ||
Information Interchange | ||
BIOS: basic input output system | LSI: large scale integration | |
CMOS: complementary | MDA: monochrome display adapter | |
semiconductor | MPEG: moving picture coding | |
CPU: central processing unit | experts group | |
CRT: cathode ray tube | ||
DC: direct current | System | |
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DDC: display data channel | OCR: optical character recognition | |
(reader) | ||
DOS: disk operating system | ||
PCB: printed circuit board | ||
DMA: direct memory access | ||
PCI: peripheral component intercon- | ||
DRAM: dynamic random access | ||
nect | ||
memory | ||
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Mem- | ||
DSVD: Digital Simultaneous Voice | ||
ory Card International Association | ||
and Data | ||
RAM: random access memory | ||
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc | ||
RGB: red, green, and blue | ||
DVI: Digital Visual Interface | ||
ROM: read only memory | ||
ECP: extended capabilities port | ||
RTC: real time clock. | ||
EGA: enhanced graphics adapter | ||
SCSI: small computer system inter- | ||
FDD: floppy disk drive | ||
face | ||
FIR: fast infrared | ||
SIO: serial input/output | ||
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