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Acronym for Novell® NetWare® Loadable
Module.
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Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt. A
device sends an NMI to signal the micro-
processor about hardware errors, such as
a parity error.
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A technique for decreasing screen flicker
by sequentially refreshing each horizontal
line on the screen.
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Abbreviation for nanosecond(s), one bil-
lionth of a second.
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Abbreviation for the NT File System op-
tion in the Windows NT operating system.
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Abbreviation for nonvolatile random-
access memory. Memory that does not
lose its contents when you turn off your
computer. NVRAM is used for maintain-
ing the date, time, and system setup
options.
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Abbreviation for Operating System/2.
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Communications that do not use the net-
work but are passed via modem. The out-
of-band path is used for remote manage-
ment of a server or for accessing server
information when the server or network
is down.
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Abbreviation for one-time programmable.
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An I/O port used most often to connect a
parallel printer to your computer. You can
usually identify a parallel port on your com-
puter by its 25-hole connector.
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A value or option that you specify to a pro-
gram. A parameter is sometimes called a
switch or an argument.
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You can divide a hard-disk drive into mul-
tiple physical sections called partitions
with the fdisk command. Each partition can
contain multiple logical drives. For example,
you could partition a 200-MB hard-disk drive
into two physically separate partitions with
three logical drive assignments, as shown in
the following table.
After partitioning the hard-disk drive, you
must format each logical drive with the
format command.
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Slightly larger than a credit card, a PC Card
is a removable I/O cardsuch as a mo-
dem, LAN, SRAM, or flash memory
cardthat adheres to the PCMCIA stan-
dards. See also PCMCIA.
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Abbreviation for Peripheral Component
Interconnect. A standard for local-bus
implementation developed by Intel
Corporation.
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Abbreviation for Personal Computer
Memory Card International Association.
See also PC Card.
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Primary Domain Controller. The domain
controller that has negotiated to be, or has
been assigned as, the primary authentica-
tion server for the domain.
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