Term

Information

CD

Compact Disc

CDPD

Cellular Digital Packet Data

CD-ROM

CD Read-Only Memory

CGA

Color Graphics Adapter (See EGA)

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CSA

Canadian Standards Association

CSD

Corrective Service Diskette

DASD

Direct Access Storage Device (hard disk)

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory

ECA

Engineering Change Announcement

ECC

Error Correction Code

EGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter

ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

ESDI

Enhanced Small Device Interface

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

EWS

Energy Work Station

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit (replaceable part)

GPIB

General Purpose Interface Bus (IEEE 348)

GSA

General Services Administration

Ht

Height

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics

IC

Integrated Circuit

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IML

Initial Machine Load

IPL

Initial Program Load

ISA

Industry Standard Architecture

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISDN

Integrated-Services Digital Network

LAN

Local Area Network

LBA

Local Block Address

LTB

Local Transfer Bus

LUN

Logical Unit Number (refer to SCSI)

MAP

Maintenance Analysis Procedure

MCGA

Modified Color Graphics Adapter

MCA

Micro Channel Architecture (bus structure)

MHz

Mega Hertz (million cycles per second)

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MM

Multimedia

N/A

Not Available or Not Applicable

NDD

National Distribution Division

NDIS

Network Driver Interface Specification

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