Abbreviations – Iomega 9000 Series User Manual

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Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this manual:

APM

. . . . . . . Advanced power management

BIOS

. . . . . . Basic input/output system

BBS

. . . . . . . Bulletin board system

CD-ROM

. . Compact disc, read-only memory

CGA

. . . . . . . Color graphics adapter

CMOS

. . . . . Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

DMA

. . . . . . Direct memory access

DPMS

. . . . . Display power-management signaling

DOS

. . . . . . . Disk operating system

DRAM

. . . . . Dynamic random-access memory

ECP

. . . . . . . Extended Capabilities Port

EGA

. . . . . . . Enhanced graphics adapter

EPP. . . . . . . . Enhanced Parallel Port

EPROM

. . . Erasable programmable read-only memory

Hz

. . . . . . . . . Hertz

I/O

. . . . . . . . Input/output

IDE

. . . . . . . . Integrated drive electronics

IrDA . . . . . . . Infrared Data Association

IRQ

. . . . . . . Interrupt request

ISA

. . . . . . . . Industry standard architecture

KB

. . . . . . . . Kilobyte

MB

. . . . . . . . Megabyte

MDA

. . . . . . Monochrome display adapter

MHz

. . . . . . . Megahertz

PCI

. . . . . . . . Peripheral Connect Interconnect

PnP

. . . . . . . . Plug and Play

POST

. . . . . . Power-on self test

PS/2

. . . . . . . Personal System/2

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RAM

. . . . . . Random-access memory

SIMM

. . . . . Single in-line memory module

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