Dell GX240 manual Local Bus

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Local Bus

A bus that allows chips and other components in the computer to access the microprocessor at a speed synchronized with the microprocessor bus speed.

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

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