Glossary
SCSI II - An interface standard that adds features to the SCSI standard. These include
SCSI III - A proposed standard that will support transfer rates of up to 40MB/sec.
Serial - A type of data transmission in which the data is sent one bit at a time over a single wire. See Parallel.
Serial Port - A communications port used to connect peripherals such as modems and mice.
Setup - A program that allows you to make changes to the system configura- tion.
Shadow RAM - A technique used to load a duplicate copy of BIOS from slower ROM into faster RAM. This enhances system performance because it provides higher access speed to the BIOS.
SIMM - An acronym for Standard Inline Memory Module. A small printed circuit board containing memory chips.
SRAM - An acronym for Static Random Access Memory. A type of memory that can retain data without requiring a regular clock signal. Although they are faster than DRAM, they hold less data and are more expensive.
Synchronous - Protocols that require the clocks of communicating machines or devices to be coordinated.
Synchronous Cache - A type of cache that uses a clock signal to latch the inputs and the data output. This structure spreads the cache access across
two or three cycles while maintaining a bandwidth of one access per cycle. Improves performance by
Terabyte - A measurement for very, very large storage capacity. One Terabyte is equivalent
VESA - An acronym for Video Electronics and Standards Association.
VESA Localbus
Warm Boot - Restarting the system by simultaneously pressing the <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys.
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