Apple iMac - Manual (Page 69)

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A P P E N D I X
Abbreviations A
Standard units of measure used in this note include:
Other abbreviations used in this note include:
A amperes MB megabytes
dB decibels Mbps megabits per second
GB gigabytes Mbit megabits
Hz hertz MHz megahertz
KB kilobytes mm millimeters
kg kilograms ns nanoseconds
kHz kilohertz V volts
mA milliamperes VDC volts direct current
$n hexadecimal value n
10Base-T an Ethernet standard for data transmission at
10 Mbits per second
100Base-TX an Ethernet standard for data transmission at
100 Mbits per second
68K the 68000 family of microprocessors
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
AIM ATA Interface Module
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API application programming interface
ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
ATA AT attachment
BIOS basic input/output system
CAS column address strobe, a memory control signal
CD compact disc
CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory
Figure A-0
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