Motorola MVME2400 manual Dynamic Random Access Memory. a memory technology that is

G L O S S A R Y

	Glossary
DRAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory. A memory technology that is
	characterized by extreme high density, low power, and low cost. It
	must be more or less continuously refreshed to avoid loss of data.
DTE	Data Terminal Equipment.
ECC	Error Correction Code
ECP	Extended Capability Port
EEPROM	Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. A
	memory storage device that can be written repeatedly with no
	special erasure fixture. EEPROMs do not lose their contents when
	they are powered down.
EIDE	Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics. An improved version of
	IDE, with faster data rates, 32-bit transactions, and DMA. Also
	known as Fast ATA-2.
EISA (bus)	Extended Industry Standard Architecture (bus) (IBM). An
	architectural system using a 32-bit bus that allows data to be
	transferred between peripherals in 32-bit chunks instead of 16-bit or
	8-bit that most systems use. With the transfer of larger bits of
	information, the machine is able to perform much faster than the
	standard ISA bus system.
EPP	Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM	Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. A memory storage
	device that can be written once (per erasure cycle) and read many
	times.
ESCC	Enhanced Serial Communication Controller
ESD	Electro-Static Discharge/Damage
Ethernet	A local area network standard that uses radio frequency signals
	carried by coaxial cables.
Falcon	The DRAM controller chip developed by Motorola for the
	MVME2600 and MVME3600 series of boards. It is intended to be
	used in sets of two to provide the necessary interface between the
	Power PC60x bus and the 144-bit ECC DRAM (system memory
	array) and/or ROM/Flash.
fast Ethernet	See 100Base-TX.
FDC	Floppy Disk Controller

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