Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this manual:

APM. . . . . . .

Advanced power management

BIOS . . . . . .

Basic input/output system

BBS . . . . . . .

Bulletin board system

CD-ROM . .

Compact disc, read-only memory

CGA. . . . . . .

Color graphics adapter

CMOS . . . . .

Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

DMA . . . . . .

Direct memory access

DPMS . . . . .

Display power-management signaling

DOS . . . . . . .

Disk operating system

DRAM. . . . .

Dynamic random-access memory

ECP . . . . . . .

Extended Capabilities Port

EGA . . . . . . .

Enhanced graphics adapter

EPP. . . . . . . .

Enhanced Parallel Port

EPROM . . .Erasable programmable read-only memory

Hz. . . . . . . . .

Hertz

I/O . . . . . . . .

Input/output

IDE. . . . . . . .

Integrated drive electronics

IrDA . . . . . . .

Infrared Data Association

IRQ . . . . . . .

Interrupt request

ISA . . . . . . . .

Industry standard architecture

KB . . . . . . . .

Kilobyte

MB . . . . . . . .

Megabyte

MDA . . . . . .

Monochrome display adapter

MHz. . . . . . .

Megahertz

PCI . . . . . . . .

Peripheral Connect Interconnect

PnP. . . . . . . .

Plug and Play

POST . . . . . .

Power-on self test

PS/2 . . . . . . .

Personal System/2®

RAM . . . . . .

Random-access memory

SIMM . . . . .

Single in-line memory module

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