Glossary
The terms in this glossary cover the topics discussed in this manual. Alternate naming is included for reference.
GLOSSARY
Abbreviations
AC: alternating current
AGP: accelerated graphics port
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
APM: advanced power manager
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BIOS: basic input output system
CMOS: complementary
CPU: central processing unit
CRT: cathode ray tube
DC: direct current
DDC: display data channel
DOS: disk operating system
DMA: direct memory access
DRAM: dynamic random access memory
DSVD: Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
DVI: Digital Visual Interface
ECP: extended capabilities port
EGA: enhanced graphics adapter
FDD: floppy disk drive
FIR: fast infrared
HDD: hard disk drive
IDE: integrated drive electronics
I/O: input/output
IrDA: Infrared Data Association
IRQ: interrupt request
KB: kilobyte
LCD: liquid crystal display
LED: light emitting diode
LSI: large scale integration
MDA: monochrome display adapter
MPEG: moving picture coding experts group
OCR: optical character recognition (reader)
PCB: printed circuit board
PCI: peripheral component intercon- nect
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Mem- ory Card International Association
RAM: random access memory
RGB: red, green, and blue
ROM: read only memory
RTC: real time clock.
SCSI: small computer system inter- face
SIO: serial input/output
