Glossary
This appendix defines terms used when describing the SunPCi™ product. This glossary is not an exhaustive list, but it provides an explanation of some less common terms.
B
backplate Optional dongle that attaches to the SunPCi motherboard. Provides serial and parallel port access. Also known as the Serial/Parallel Port backplate.
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
boot@boot A feature that the user can configure to automatically start the SunPCi software on one or more SunPCi cards installed on a Sun system. Provides the ability to automatically restart the SunPCi sessions if they fail and the ability to gracefully shutdown SunPCi sessions, including performing an orderly shutdown of the currently running operating system.
BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) Windows crash which provides information to the system administrator. For more information see the SunPCi white paper entitled The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Primer.
C
CMOS (Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) A type of semiconductor commonly used in PC’s to hold date, time, and system setup parameters.
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