Eurotech Appliances CPU-1461 - Manual (Page 64)

64 PC/104-Plus – CPU-1461 Module
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MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). An industry-standard connection for computer control of musical
instruments and devices. A hardware and data standard for communicating between hardware. Most
references involve only the data standard, which is a byte stream used for controlling musical instruments
and storing the output of such instruments.
MPEG
MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group). Refers to one of several standard video-compression schemes. A
CODEC for squeezing full-screen, VHS-quality digital video into a small data stream so that it can be played
from a CD-ROM drive.
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NDIS
NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification). The interface for network drivers used in Windows and
Windows NT operating systems. NDIS provides a common mechanism by which any given NDIS-compatible
transport driver can communicate with any NDIS-compatible network adapter driver. Moreover, it provides for
multiple transports to work over multiple network adapters by supporting multiplexing between transports and
drivers.
NMI
NMI (Nonmaskable Interrupt). An interrupt that cannot be overruled by another service request. A hardware
interrupt is called nonmaskable if it cannot be masked by the processor interrupt flag.
NTSC
NTSC (National Television System Committee) of the Electronics Industries Association (EIA). The
standards-setting body for television and video in the United States. Sponsor of the NTSC standard for
encoding colour, a coding system compatible with black-and-white signals and the first system used for
colour broadcasting in the United States. The broadcast standard for the United States and Japan. See also
PAL format and SECAM.
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OEM
OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. This acronym is used primarily to refer to PC systems
manufacturers.
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PCI
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is a standard high-performance, 32-bit / 64-bit bus, designed to be
used with devices that have high bandwidth requirements.
PCMCIA
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association). Sometimes used to refer to a
controller for a type of expansion card documented in the PCMCIA standards.
PIO
The Programmed Input/Output is a method of transferring data over the IDE interface. The other way is the
Direct Memory Access (DMA)