IBM RS/6000 - Manual (Page 219)

List of Abbreviations
ABI Application Binary Interface
APA all points addressable
BTAS Boot-Time Abstraction
Software
CHRP Common Hardware Reference
Platform
CRC Cycle Redundancy Check
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DMA Direct Memory Access
ECC Error Checking and Correcting
EISA Extended Industry Standard
Architecture
EPOW Early Power-Off Warning
GEA Global Environment Area
IBM International Business
Machines Corporation
IRQ Interrupt Request
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
ISV Independent Software Vendors
ITSO International Technical Support
Organization
JFS Journaled File System
MPIC MultiProcessor Interrupt
Controller
NFS Network File System
NIM Network Installation Manager
NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access
Memory
ODM Object Data Manager
OSA Operating System Area
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
PCI-SIG PCI Special Interest Group
PIO Parallel Input/Output
POST Power-On Self Test
POP Power-On Password
PNP Plug and Play
PROM Programmable Read-Only
Memory
PReP PowerPC Reference Platform
PROFS Professional Office System
RAN Remote Asynchronous Nodes
RAS Reliability, Availability,
Serviceability
RTAS Runtime Abstraction Software
RTC Real-Time Clock
RAM Random Access Memory
ROS Read-Only Storage
SCRAM Strip Cylindrical Random
Access Memory
SMS System Management Services
SPOT Shared Product Object Tree
TOC Table of Contents
UART Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
VDISK Virtual Disk
VPD Vital Product Data
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