Glossary

A

APC

Automatic Power Control

ASIC

Application specific integrated circuit

ATM

Asynchronous transfer mode

C

CSE

Common scan engine

central processing module (CPM)

The computer hardware unit that controls and executes the instructions contained in object code files. Also called processing module (PM) and instruction processor (IP).

channel, channel adapter

The hardware that interfaces the CMF with external I/O devices via a standard electrical protocol for data transfer, including SCSI, MLI, FDDI, 802.3, and ATM electrical protocols.

CIOM

Common Input/Output Module

CMOS

Complimentary metal oxide semiconductor

channel manager facility (CMF)

through put enhanced channel manager unit

CSBus

Channel service bus

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