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Glossary
SIMATIC Rack PC IL 43
Glossary-6
Operating Instructions, Edition 09/2005, A5E00432875-01
Motherboard
The motherboard is the core of the computer. Here, data are processed and stored, and
interfaces and device I/Os are controlled and managed.
Operating system
Summarizing term describing all functions for program execution, allocation of system
resources to the various user programs, and for controlling and monitoring consistency of the
operating mode in cooperation with the hardware (e.g. Windows Embedded).
Packet writing
The CD-RW is used as a diskette medium. The CD can then be read only by packet–writing
compatible software or has to be finalized. Finalization of a CD closes the CD within an
ISO9660 shell. You can still write to the CD-RW several times in spite of finalization. Not all
CD drives can read packet-written CDs . There are restrictions to using this method in
general data transfer.
Password
Unique sequence of characters that is entered for user identification.
PC card
Trademark of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA).
Designation for auxiliary cards that conform with PCMCIA specifications. A PC card that has
roughly the size of a credit card can be plugged into a PCMCIA slot. Version 1 specifies
cards of Type I with a thickness of 3.3 millimeters, which is conceived mainly for use as
external memory. Version 2 of the PCMCIA specification also defines a card Type II with
thickness of 5 mm and a card of the Type III with a thickness of 10.5 mm. Type II cards can
realize devices such as modems, fax and network interface cards. Type III cards are
equipped with devices that require more space, for example wireless communication
modules or rotary storage media (hard disks, for example).
PC/104 / PC/104-Plus
Two bus architectures are especially fashionable today in the industrial world. PC/104 and
PC/104- Plus. Both are standard in single-board computers of the PC class. The electrical
and logical layout of the two bus systems is identical with ISA (PC/104) and PCI (PC/104-
Plus). Software cannot usually detect a difference between them and normal desktop bus
systems. Their advantage is the compact design and the resulting space they save.
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Association consisting of approx.
450 member companies of computer industry. Their focus is set on providing worldwide
standards for miniaturization and flexible use of PC expansion cards, and thus to provide a
basic technology to the market.