Motorola MVME2300 Series - Manual (Page 270)

Glossary
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ISA (bus) Industry Standard Architecture (bus). The de facto standard system
bus for IBM-compatible computers until the introduction of VESA
and PCI. Used in the reference platform specification. (IBM)
ISASIO ISA Super Input/Output device
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network. A standard for digitally
transmitting video, audio, and electronic data over public phone
networks.
LAN Local Area Network
LED Light-Emitting Diode
little-endian A byte-ordering method in memory where the address n of a word
corresponds to the least significant byte. In an addressed memory
word, the bytes are ordered (left to right) 3, 2, 1, 0, with 3 being the
most significant byte.
MPC603, MPC604 Motorola’s component designations for the PowerPC 603 and
PowerPC 604 microprocessors.
MPIC Multi-Processor Interrupt Controller
MPU MicroProcessing Unit
nonvolatile memory A memory in which the data content is maintained whether the
power supply is connected or not.
NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS Operating System. The software that manages the computer
resources, accesses files, and dispatches programs.
parallel port A connector that can exchange data with an I/O device eight bits at
a time. This port is more commonly used for the connection of a
printer to a system.
PCI (local bus) Peripheral Component Interconnect (local bus) (Intel). A high-
performance, 32-bit internal interconnect bus used for data transfer
to peripheral controller components, such as those for audio, video,
and graphics.
PCMCIA (bus) Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (bus).
A standard external interconnect bus which allows peripherals
adhering to the standard to be plugged in and used without further
system modification.