Dell PowerEdge 750 - Manual (Page 28)

LAN
Local area network. A LAN is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings, with all equipment linked by wiring dedicated specifically to the
LAN.
lb
Pound(s)
LCD
Liquid crystal display
LED
Light-emitting diode; an electronic device that lights up when a current is passed through it
Linux
A version of the UNIX® operating system that runs on a variety of hardware systems. Linux is open source software, which is freely available; however, the
full distribution of Linux along with technical support and training are available for a fee from vendors such as Red Hat Software.
local bus
On a system with local-bus expansion capability, certain peripheral devices (such as the video adapter circuitry) can be designed to run much faster than
they would with a traditional expansion bus. See also bus.
m
Meter(s)
mA
Milliampere(s)
MAC address
Media Access Control address; your system's unique hardware number on a network
Mb
Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits
MB
Megabyte(s); 1,048,576 bytes. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is often rounded to mean 1,000,000 bytes.
Mbps
Megabits per second
MBps
Megabytes per second
MBR
Master boot record
memory address