IBM SG24-4576-00 - Manual (Page 215)

List of Abbreviations
ALU Arithmetic-Logic Unit
APA all points addressable
ASCII American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming
Interface
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CI Component Interface (as in
Desktop Management
Interface)
CMIP Common Management
Information Protocol
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
CPU Central Processing Unit
DASD Direct Access Storage Device
D I M M Dual In-Line Memory Module
D M A Direct Memory Access
D M I Desktop Management
Interface
DRAM Dynamic Random Access
M e m o r y
ECC Error Correcting Code
ECC-P ECC w/ Parity
EEPROM Electrically Erasable
Programmable Read-Only
M e m o r y
EISA Extended Industry Standard
Architecture
EMS Expanded Memory
Specification
EOS ECC on SIMM
ESDI Enhanced Small Device
Interface
FTP File Transfer Protocol
I B M International Business
Machines Corporation
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
IPC Inter-Process Communication
IPL Initial Program Load
IPX Internet Packet eXchange
ISA Industry Standard
Architecture
ITSO International Technical
Support Organization
M C A Micro Channel Architecture
M F M Modified Frequency
Modulation
M I Management Interface (as in
Desktop Management
Interface)
M I B Management Information
Base
MIF Management Information
Format
NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output
System
NLM NetWare Loadable Module
NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access
M e m o r y
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
PROFS Professional Office System
RAID Redundant Array of
Inexpensive Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RLL Run Length Limited
SCB System Control Block
SCSI Small Computer System
Interface
S I M M Single In-Line Memory
Module
SMP Symmetric Multiprocessing
SNA Systems Network
Architecture
SNMP Simple Network Management
Protocol
SRAM Static Random Access
M e m o r y
TCP/IP Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCQ Tagged Command Queueing
U M B Upper Memory Block
UPS Uninterruptible Power supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
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