ALU
Arithmetic-Logic Unit
APA
all points addressable
ASCII
American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
ASPI
Advanced SCSI Programming
Interface
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
CI
Component Interface (as in
Desktop Management
Interface)
CMIP
Common Management
Information Protocol
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
CPU
Central Processing Unit
DASD
Direct Access Storage Device
DIMM
Dual In-Line Memory Module
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DMI
Desktop Management
Interface
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access
Memory
ECC
Error Correcting Code
ECC-P
ECC w/ Parity
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable
Programmable Read-Only
Memory
EISA
Extended Industry Standard
Architecture
EMS
Expanded Memory
Specification
EOS
ECC on SIMM
ESDI
Enhanced Small Device
Interface
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
IBM
International Business
Machines Corporation
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics
IPC
Inter-Process Communication
IPL
Initial Program Load
IPX
Internet Packet eXchange
ISA
Industry Standard
Architecture
ITSO
International Technical
Support Organization
MCA
Micro Channel Architecture
MFM
Modified Frequency
Modulation
MI
Management Interface (as in
Desktop Management
Interface)
MIB
Management Information
Base
MIF
Management Information
Format
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input/Output
System
NLM
NetWare Loadable Module
NVRAM
Non-Volatile Random Access
Memory
PCI
Peripheral Component
Interconnect
PROFS
Professional Office System
RAID
Redundant Array of
Inexpensive Disks
RAM
Random Access Memory
RLL
Run Length Limited
SCB
System Control Block
SCSI
Small Computer System
Interface
SIMM
Single In-Line Memory
Module
SMP
Symmetric Multiprocessing
SNA
Systems Network
Architecture
SNMP
Simple Network Management
Protocol
SRAM
Static Random Access
Memory
TCP/IP
Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCQ
Tagged Command Queueing
UMB
Upper Memory Block
UPS
Uninterruptible Power supply
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
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