Motorola MVME2300 Series manual PCI. Used in the reference platform specification. IBM

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G L O S S A R Y

 

Glossary

ISA (bus)

Industry Standard Architecture (bus). The de facto standard system

 

bus for IBM-compatible computers until the introduction of VESA

 

and PCI. Used in the reference platform specification. (IBM)

ISASIO

ISA Super Input/Output device

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network. A standard for digitally

 

transmitting video, audio, and electronic data over public phone

 

networks.

LAN

Local Area Network

LED

Light-Emitting Diode

little-endian

A byte-ordering method in memory where the address n of a word

 

corresponds to the least significant byte. In an addressed memory

 

word, the bytes are ordered (left to right) 3, 2, 1, 0, with 3 being the

 

most significant byte.

MPC603, MPC604

Motorola’s component designations for the PowerPC 603 and

 

PowerPC 604 microprocessors.

MPIC

Multi-Processor Interrupt Controller

MPU

MicroProcessing Unit

nonvolatile memory

A memory in which the data content is maintained whether the

 

power supply is connected or not.

NVRAM

Non-Volatile Random Access Memory

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OS

Operating System. The software that manages the computer

 

resources, accesses files, and dispatches programs.

parallel port

A connector that can exchange data with an I/O device eight bits at

 

a time. This port is more commonly used for the connection of a

 

printer to a system.

PCI (local bus)

Peripheral Component Interconnect (local bus) (Intel). A high-

 

performance, 32-bit internal interconnect bus used for data transfer

 

to peripheral controller components, such as those for audio, video,

 

and graphics.

PCMCIA (bus)

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (bus).

 

A standard external interconnect bus which allows peripherals

 

adhering to the standard to be plugged in and used without further

 

system modification.

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