Appendix

Acronyms

Meaning

LBA

Logical Block Addressing

 

 

LED

Light Emitting Diode

 

 

MHz

Megahertz

 

 

MIDI

Musical Interface Digital Interface

 

 

MTH

Memory Translator Hub

 

 

MPT

Memory Protocol Translator

 

 

NIC

Network Interface Card

 

 

OS

Operating System

 

 

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

 

 

PAC

PCI A.G.P. Controller

 

 

POST

Power-On Self Test

 

 

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

 

 

RIMM

Rambus in-line Memory Module

 

 

SCI

Special Circumstance Instructions

 

 

SECC

Single Edge Contact Cartridge

 

 

SRAM

Static Random Access Memory

 

 

SMP

Symmetric Multi-Processing

 

 

SMI

System Management Interrupt

 

 

USB

Universal Serial Bus

 

 

VID

Voltage ID

 

 

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GA-7VTXE, GA-7VTXH specifications

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