Dell 530 manual Lvd, Mba, Mif

LPT Port

Line print terminal. The typical designation for a parallel port connection to a printer or other parallel device. Most computers support one or two parallel ports designated as LPT1 and LPT2.

LVD

Low voltage differential. A form of SCSI interface that will be formalized in the SCSI-3 specification. LVD uses less power than the present differential drive, is less expensive, and supports the higher speeds of Ultra-2 SCSI drives. LVD requires 3.3 VDC instead of 5 VDC, the previous standard.

m

Meter. A measurement of length that equals 39.37 inches.

mA

milliAmpere. A measurement of current that equals one thousandth of an A.

Mb

Megabit. A measurement of memory chip capacity that equals 1024 Kb.

Mbps

Megabits per second. A measurement of network and modem transmission speeds that equals one million bits per second.

MB

Megabyte. A measurement of data storage that equals 1,048,576 bytes. 1 MB equals 1024 KB. When referring to hard drive storage, the term is often rounded to mean 1 million bytes.

MBA

Managed boot agent. Provides multiple PXEs and allows a computer to boot from a network server.

MBps

MB(s) per second. A measurement of data transmission speed.

Memory Address

Addresses assigned to physical memory locations by the computer at start-up. These addresses allow devices and software applications to identify information that the microprocessor can access. This process is referred to as Memory Mapping.

Memory Mapping

The process by which the computer assigns memory addresses to physical memory locations at start-up. Devices and software applications can then identify information that the microprocessor can access.

MHz

Megahertz. A measurement of frequency that equals one million Hz.

Microprocessor

A computer chip that interprets and executes program instructions. Also referred to as the CPU. See also Bus Speed.

MIF

Management Information Format. A syntax for describing information for manageable hardware and software components that can be installed on a computer. See also COO, WBEM, and WfM.

min

Minute(s). A measurement of time that equals 60 sec.

Mini-DIN

A form of DIN connector that is round, has 6 pins, and is typically used to connect PS/2 keyboard or mouse cable connectors.

mm

Millimeter. A measurement of length that equals one thousandth of a meter or 1/25 inch.

Modem

Ashortened reference to modulator/demodulator. Modems convert analog data into digital data and

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