Introduction

 

Table 1-1

 

Acronyms and Abbreviations

 

 

Acronym or

 

Abbreviation

Description

 

 

ESCD

Extended System Configuration Data (format)

 

 

EV

Environmental Variable (data)

 

 

ExCA

Exchangeable Card Architecture

 

 

FIFO

first in/first out

 

 

FL

flag (register)

 

 

FM

frequency modulation

 

 

FPM

fast page mode (RAM type)

 

 

FPU

Floating point unit (numeric or math coprocessor)

 

 

FPS

Frames per second

 

 

ft

Foot/feet

 

 

GB

gigabyte

 

 

GMCH

Graphics/memory controller hub

 

 

GND

ground

 

 

GPIO

general purpose I/O

 

 

GPOC

general purpose open-collector

 

 

GART

Graphics address re-mapping table

 

 

GUI

graphic user interface

 

 

h

hexadecimal

 

 

HW

hardware

 

 

hex

hexadecimal

 

 

Hz

Hertz (cycles-per-second)

 

 

ICH

I/O controller hub

 

 

IDE

integrated drive element

 

 

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

 

 

IF

interrupt flag

 

 

I/F

interface

 

 

IGC

integrated graphics controller

 

 

in

inch

 

 

INT

interrupt

 

 

I/O

input/output

 

 

IPL

initial program loader

 

 

IrDA

Infrared Data Association

 

 

IRQ

interrupt request

 

 

ISA

industry standard architecture

 

 

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