Acronyms – Motorola ML910 User Manual
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Acronyms
Acronyms
Item Acronym
Description
1. ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface: an industry-standard specification
(co-developed by Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba, for
operating-system-directed power management for laptop, desktop, and server
computers. A replacement for APM.
2. AP
Access
Point.
3. BIOS
Basic Input/Output System.
4. BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier.
5. DC
Direct
Current.
6. DVCAM
A digital video compression format provided by Sony. The DVCAM format
provides fixed media compression.
7. DVD
Digital Versatile Disk.
8. EMEA
Europe, Middle East and Africa, a term used in traditional and electronic
commerce to signify activities in those regions of the world or to refer specifically
to those regions.
9. EMI
Electromagnetic interference, Interference by electromagnetic signals that can
cause reduced data integrity and increased error rates on transmission channels.
10. FCC
Federal
Communications
Commission.
11. GPS
Global Positioning System. A system that uses satellites, receivers and software
to allow users to determine their precise geographic position.
12. HDD
Hard Disk Drive.
13. LAN
Local
Area
Network.
14. LCD
Liquid
Crystal
Display.
15. MAC
Media Access Control.
16. MMCX Multimedia
Communications
Exchange.
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