PCI — Peripheral Component Interconnect. A standard for
PDB — Power distribution board. A power source with multiple power outlets that provides electrical power to servers and storage systems in a rack.
peripheral — An internal or external device, such as a diskette drive or keyboard, connected to a system.
pixel — A single point on a video display. Pixels are arranged in rows and columns to create an image. A video resolution, such as 640 x 480, is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down.
POST —
processor — The primary computational chip inside the system that controls the interpretation and execution of arithmetic and logic functions. Software written for one processor must usually be revised to run on another processor. CPU is a synonym for processor.
PXE — Preboot eXecution Environment. A way of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette).
RAC — Remote access controller.
RAID — Redundant array of independent disks. A method of providing data redundancy. Some common implementations of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. See also mirroring and striping.
RAM —
readme file — A text file, usually shipped with software or hardware, that contains information supplementing or updating the product’s documentation.
ROM —
ROMB — RAID on motherboard.
SAN — Storage Area Network. A network architecture that enables remote
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