Abbreviations and acronyms, 173 | IBM 440 specification

Abbreviations and acronyms

AC	alternating current
ACPI	advanced control and power interface
APIC	advanced programmable interrupt
	controller
ASM	Advanced System Management
ASR	Automatic Server Restart
ATS	Advanced Technical Support
BASP	Broadcom Advanced Server Program
BI	business intelligence
BIOS	basic input/output system
CCA	Citrix Certified Administrator
CD-ROM	compact disk read only memory
CEC	central electronic complex
CIM	Common Information Model
CPU	central processing unit
CRM	customer relationship management
DDR	double data rate
DDS	Digital Data Storage
DIMM	dual inline memory module
DLT	Digital Linear Tape
DOS	disk operating system
DP	dual processor
ECC	error checking and correcting

EEEnterprise Edition

EMEA	Europe, Middle East, Africa
ER	enterprise rack
ERP	enterprise resource planning
ESCON	enterprise systems connection
ESS	Enterprise Storage Server
FC	Fibre Channel
FRU	field replaceable unit
GA	general availability

GB	gigabyte
GBps	gigabytes per second
Gbps	gigabits per second
HA	high availability
HAL	Hardware Abstraction Layer
HBA	host bus adapter
HCL	hardware compatibility list
HTTP	Hypertext Transmission Protocol
I/O	input/output
IBM	International Business Machines
	Corporation
IBS	International Business Systems
ID	identification
IEC	International Engineering Consortium
IIS	Internet Information Services
IP	Internet Protocol
ISP	Internet service provider
IT	information technology
KB	kilobyte
LAN	local area network
LED	light emitting diode
LPAR	logical partition
LTO	Linear Tape Open
MAC	media access control
MB	megabyte
MCNE	Master Certified Novell Engineer
MCSE	Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MP	multiprocessor
MPA	Management Processor Assistant
MSCS	Microsoft Cluster Service
NAS	Network Attached Storage
NBI	NetWare Bus Interface