Kontron AT8060 User Manual
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KCS
Keyboard Controller Style. An IPMI system interface.
LAN
Local Area Network
LED
Light-Emitting Diode
LPC
Low Pin Count port
LV
Low Voltage
MAC
Media Access Controller address of a computer networking device.
MCERR
Machine Check ERRor
ME
Management Engine
MEI
(Same as HECI) Management Engine Interface
MHz
MegaHertz
Microcode
Intel-supplied data block used to correct specific errata in the processor.
MMC
Module Management Controller. MMCs are linked to the IPMC.
MRC
Memory Reference Code. Chipset specific code provided by the manufacturer and integrated into the BIOS
to test and intialize the system memory.
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
MTRR
Memory Type Range Register. CPU cache control registers.
NAND
Type of Flash Memory, used for mass storage.
NC
Not Connected
NCSI
(Same as NC-SI) Network Communications Services Interface
NC-SI
(Same as NC-SI) Network Communications Services Interface
NEBS
Network Equipment-Building System
NMI
Non-Maskable Interrupt
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OOS
Out Of Service
OS
Operating System
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCH
Platform Controller Hub. Southbridge from Intel.
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIe
(Same as PCI-E). PCI-Express. Next generation I/O standard
PCI-E
(Same as PCIe). PCI-Express. Next generation I/O standard.
PCI-X
PCI + minor changes to the protocol and faster data rate.
PDP
Project Development Process
PECI
Platform Environment Control Interface
PEF
Platform Event Filtering. An IPMI subfunction.
PET
Platform Event Trap. An IPMI message type.
PHY
PHYsical layer. Generic electronics term referring to a special electronic integrated circuit or functional
block of a circuit that takes care of encoding and decoding between a pure digital domain (on-off) and a
modulation in the analog domain.
PIC
Programmable Interrupt Controller
PICMG
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
PICMG?
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
PIR
Product Issue Report
PLD
Programmable Logic Device
Acronyms
Descriptions