Miscellaneous InformationAcronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Term Information
ACPA/A Audio Capture and PlaybackAdapter
ADP Automatic Data Processing
AGP Advanced Graphics Port
Alt Alternate
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ARTIC AReal Time Interface Coprocessor
ASCII AmericanNational Standard Code for Interface Interchange
AT Advanced Technology(refer to AT Bus)
AVC Audio Video Connection
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
bps BitsPer Second
BPS Bytes Per Second
CCITT The International Telephone and TelegraphConsultative Committee
CCS Common Command Set
CCSB CommonComplete Status Block
CCSB ConfigurationControl Sub Board
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 DynamicRandom 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 WorkStation
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 LocalTransfer Bus
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