Miscellaneous Information
Acronyms, | Abbreviations | and | Terms |
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ACPA/A | Audio Capture and Playback Adapter | |||||||||||
ADP | Automatic Data | Processing |
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Alt | Alternate |
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ANSI | American | National | Standards | Institute | ||||||||
ARTIC | A Real Time Interface Coprocessor | |||||||||||
ASCII | American National Standard Code for Interface | |||||||||||
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AT | Advanced Technology (as in AT Bus) | |||||||||||
AVC | Audio | Video | Connection |
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BIOS | Basic Input/Output System (Controls System | |||||||||||
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bps | Bits | Per | Second |
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BPS | Bytes |
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CCITT | The International Telephone and Telegraph | |||||||||||
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CCS | Common | Command | Set |
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CCSB | Common | Complete | Status | Block |
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CCSB | Configuration | Control | Sub | Board |
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CD | Compact | Disc |
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CDPD | Cellular | Digital | Packet | Data |
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CD Read Only Memory (stores data/audio) | ||||||||||||
CE | Customer Engineer or Service Representative | |||||||||||
CRC | Cyclic |
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CRT | Cathode | Ray | Tube |
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CSD | Corrective | Service | Diskette |
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CGA | Color | Graphics | Adapter | (See | EGA, VGA, XGA) | |||||||
CRC | Cyclic |
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CRT | Cathode | Ray | Tube |
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CSA | Canadian | Standards | Association |
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CSD | Corrective | Service | Diskette |
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DASD | Direct Access Storage Device (hard disk, diskette) | |||||||||||
DMA | Direct | Memory Access |
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DRAM | Dynamic | Random | Access | Memory |
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ECA | Engineering | Change | Announcement |
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ECC | Error | Correction | Code |
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EGA | Enhanced | Graphics | Adapter |
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ESD | Electrostatic | Discharge |
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ESDI | Enhanced | Small | Device | Interface | ||||||||
EEPROM | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only | |||||||||||
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EWS | Energy |
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FRU | Field Replaceable Unit (replaceable part) | |||||||||||
GPIB | General Purpose Interface Bus (IEEE 348) | |||||||||||
GSA | General | Services Administration |
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Ht | Height |
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IDE | Integrated | Drive | Electronics |
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IC | Integrated | Circuit |
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IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||||||
IEC | International | Electrotechnical | Commission | |||||||||
IML | Initial | Machine | Load |
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IPL | Initial | Program | Load |
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ISO | International | Organization | for | Standardization | ||||||||
ISDN | Digital Network | |||||||||||
Copyright IBM |
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