Acronyms and abbreviations – SMC Networks SpacePC 1232 Series User Manual

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACPI Advanced Configuration and

Power Interface

AGP

Accelerated Graphic Port

APM Advanced

Power

Management

ATA AT

Attachment

ATAPI ATA

Packet

Interface

BIOS Basic

I/O

System

CRT Cathode

Ray

Tube

DDC Display

Data

Channel

DDC2B DDC

Standard, Version 2.0, Level

B

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DSTN

Double Supertwisted Nematic

ECC Error

Correction

Code

ECP Enhanced

Capabilities

Port

FAT

File Allocation Table

FDC

Floppy Disk Drive Controller

FDD Floppy

Disk

Drive

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FIFO

First In First Out

FM Frequency

Modulation

fps

frames per second

GSM Global System for Mobile

communications

HDC

Hard Disk Drive controller

HDD Hard

Disk

Drive

IDE

Integrated Device Electronics

IEEE Institute for Electrical and

Electronics Engineers, Inc.

I/O Input/Output
IP Internet

Protocol

IRQ Interrupt

Request

ISA Industry

Standard

Architecture

KB Kilobyte
Kbps Kilobits

per

Second

KHz Kilohertz
LAN

Local Area Network

LBA Logical

Block

Addressing

LCD Liquid

Crystal

Display

LPT Line

Printer

LVD

Low Voltage Differential

MB Megabyte
Mbps Megabits

per

second

MHZ Megahertz
MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital
Interface

MPEG

Moving Picture Expert Group

NIDS Network Driver Interface

Specification

NMI Nonmaskable

Interrupt

NTSC National

Television

System

Committee

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

PAL Phase

Alternation

Line

PCI Peripheral

Component

Interconnect

PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory

Card International Association

PIC Programmable

Interrupt

Controller

PIO Programmed

I/O

POST Power-On

Self

Test

RAM

Random Access Memory

RAMDAC RAM

digital-to-analog

converter

RGB Red-Green-Blue
SECAM

SEquential Coleur A Memoire

SCSI Small

Computer

System

Interface

SMBus

System Management Bus

TCP/IP Transmission

Control

Provocol/Internet Protocol

UART Universal

Asynchronous

Receiver/Transmitter

USB

Universal Serial Bus

V Volts
VESA

Video Electronics Standards
Association

VGA

Video Graphics Array

WAN

Wide Area Network









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