Rockwell Automation 6180 Industrial Computers - Manual (Page 183)

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BIOS
Acronym for Basic Input/Output System. A set of low level routines
stored in the 6180 Industrial Computer's Read Only Memory (ROM) that
application programs use to interact with hardware such as a keyboard,
mouse, add-in card, accessory drives, and printer.
BIOS Setup
Menu driven program for viewing and changing the BIOS. Pressing the
[F1] key while the system is booting up, accesses the BIOS Setup.
CPU
Acronym for Central Processing Unit. The formal terminology for the
6180 Industrial Computer Intel Pentium processor chip.
DMA
Acronym for Direct Memory Access.
DIMM
Acronym for Double In Line Memory Module. These memory chips add
RAM to a computer.
IDE
Acronym for Integrated Device Electronics. A drive interface
specification for hard disks up to 4 GB capacity. The 6180 Industrial
Computer has 2 IDE connectors.
IrDA
Acronym for Infrared Data Association. The 6180 Industrial Computer
IrDA (not on all versions) provides a high speed wireless link between a
PC and other devices also having an IrDA receiver / transmitter.
IRQ
Acronym for Interrupt Request.
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