Glossary

The terms in this glossary cover topics related to this manual. Alternate naming is included for reference.

Abbreviations

AC:

Alternating current

 

 

ANSI:

American National Standards Institute

 

 

AMT:

Intel Active Management Technology

 

 

ASCII:

American Standard Code for Information

 

Interchange

 

 

BIOS:

basic input/output system

 

 

bps:

bits per second

 

 

CD:

compact disc

 

 

CD-ROM:

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

 

 

CD-RW:

Compact Disc-ReWritable

 

 

CMOS:

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

 

 

CPU:

central processing unit

 

 

CRT:

cathode ray tube

 

 

DC:

direct current

 

 

DDR:

double data rate

 

 

DIMM:

dual inline memory module

 

 

DVD:

digital versatile disc

 

 

DVD-R:

Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable

 

 

DVD-RAM:

Digital Versatile Disc-Random Access Memory

 

 

DVD-R DL:

Digital Versatile Disc Recordable Dual Layer

 

 

DVD-ROM:

Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory

 

 

DVD-RW:

Digital Versatile Disc-ReWritable

 

 

DVD+R DL:

Digital Versatile Disc Recordable Double Layer

 

 

eSATA:

external Serial ATA

 

 

FDD:

floppy diskette drive

 

 

FIR:

fast infrared

 

 

GB:

gigabyte

 

 

HDD:

hard disk drive

 

 

HDMI:

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

 

 

IDE:

integrated drive electronics

 

 

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