Abbreviations and Acronyms 119
mV
millivolt(s)
NAS
network attached storage
NIC
network interface controller
NIS
network information service
NiCad
nickel cadmium
NMI
nonmaskable interrupt
ns
nanosecond(s)
NTFS
NT File System
NVRAM
nonvolatile random-access memory
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDU
power distribution unit
PGA
pin grid array
POST
power-on self-test
RAC
remote access controller
RAID
redundant array of independent disks
RAM
random-access memory
RAS
remote access services
ROM
read-only memory
rpm
revolutions per minute
RTC
real-time clock
SATA
serial ATA
sec
second(s)
SDRAM
synchronous dynamic random-access memory
SMBus
system management bus
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SDRAM
synchronous dynamic random-access memory
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
UART
universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter
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