Term

Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN

Local

Area

Network

 

 

 

LBA

Local

Block Address

 

 

LTB

Local

Transfer

Bus

 

 

 

LUN

Logical Unit Number (as in SCSI)

MAP

Maintenance

Analysis

Procedure

MCGA

Modified

Color

Graphics

Adapter

 

(320 x 200 x 256)

 

 

MCA

Micro Channel Architecture (bus structure)

MHz

Mega hertz (millions of cycles per second)

MIDI

Musical

Instrument

Digital

Interface

MMMultimedia

N/A

Not Available or Not Applicable

NDD

National

Distribution

Division

 

NMI

Non-Maskable

Interrupt

 

 

 

NSC

National

Support

Center

 

 

NVRAM

Non Volatile Random Access Memory

OEM

Original

 

Equipment

 

Manufacturer

PCMCIA

Personal

 

Computer

Memory

Card

 

 

International

Association

 

POS

Programmable

Option

Select

 

PUN

Physical Unit Number (as in SCSI)

RAID

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

 

(disk

array

 

models)

 

 

RAM

Random

Access

 

Memory

(read/write)

RGB

Red Green Blue (is in monitors)

RIPL

Remote

Initial

Program

Load

 

ROM

Read Only

Memory

 

 

 

 

SASD

Sequential Access Storage Device (Tape)

SCB

Subsystem

Control

Block

 

 

SCSI

Small

Computer

Systems

Interface

SCSI ID

SCSI

Identification

Number

 

 

(assigned

device

number)

 

SPD

Software

Product

 

Description

 

SR

Service

 

Representative

 

 

SRAM

Static

Random

 

Access

Memory

 

SVGA

Super

Video

Graphics Array

 

STN

Super

Twisted

 

Nematic

 

 

T/A

NDD Technical

Advisor

 

 

 

 

(See

 

your

 

Marketing

Representative)

TDD

Telecommunications

Device

for

the Deaf

TFT

Thin-Film

Transistor

 

 

 

 

TPF

ThinkPad

File

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UL

Underwriters

 

Laboratory

 

VCA

Video

Capture

Adapter

 

 

VESA

Video

Electronics

Standards

Association

VGA

Video

Graphics

Array

(640x480x16)

VPD

Vital

Product

 

Data

 

 

 

VRAM

Video

Random

 

Access

Memory

 

WORM

Write Once, Read Many Media

XGA

Extended Graphics Array (1024 x 768 x 256)

Y/C

Luminance/Chrominance

Signal

 

 

 

(Pertains

to

Video)

 

 

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