Sun Microsystems 60 service manual Glossary

Glossary

address A unique location within computer or peripheral memory. Reference made to an address is usually for retrieving or storing data.

ASIC Application-specific integrated circuit.

ASP Authorized service provider.

boot A term used to identify the process of reading initial software into the computer.

boot PROM In Sun workstations, contains the PROM monitor program, a command interpreter used for booting, resetting, low-level configuration, and simple test procedures.

CDE Common Desktop Environment.

CD-ROMCompact disk-read only memory.

DBZ Double buffer with Z.

DCE Data communication equipment. An external modem.

default A preset value that is assumed to be correct unless changed by the user.

DIMM Dual in-line memory module. A small printed circuit card that contains dynamic random-access memory chips.

DMA Direct memory address. dpi Dots per inch.

DPS Data path scheduler. Controls all data flow that coordinates the activity of the BMX chips.

DRAM Dynamic random-access memory. A read/write dynamic memory in which the data can be read or written in approximately the same amount of time for any memory location.

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