
SIMM | Single Inline Memory Module. A small circuit board with RAM |
| chips (normally surface mounted) on it designed to fit into a standard |
| slot. |
SIO | Super I/O controller |
SMP | Symmetric MultiProcessing. A computer architecture in which |
| tasks are distributed among two or more local processors. |
SMT | Surface Mount Technology. A method of mounting devices (such as |
| integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, and others) on a printed |
| circuit board, characterized by not requiring mounting holes. Rather, |
| the devices are soldered to pads on the printed circuit board. |
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software | A computing system is normally spoken of as having two major |
| components: hardware and software. Software is the term used to |
| describe any single program or group of programs, languages, |
| operating procedures, and documentation of a computer system. |
| Software is the real interface between the user and the computer. |
SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
SSBLT | Source Synchronous BLock Transfer |
standard(s) | A set of detailed technical guidelines used as a means of establishing |
| uniformity in an area of hardware or software development. |
SVGA | Super Video Graphics Array (IBM). An improved VGA monitor |
| standard that provides at least 256 simultaneous colors and a screen |
| resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. |
Teletext | One way broadcast of digital information. The digital information is |
| injected in the broadcast TV signal, VBI, or full field, The |
| transmission medium could be satellite, microwave, cable, etc. The |
| display medium is a regular TV receiver. |
thick Ethernet | See |
thin Ethernet | See |
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UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
Universe | ASIC developed by Tundra in consultation with Motorola, that |
| provides the complete interface between the PCI bus and the |
| VMEbus. |
G L O S S A R Y
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