Rockwell Automation 6180 Industrial Computers - Manual (Page 184)

D–2 Glossary
Publication 6180-6.0
ISA
Acronym for Industry Standard Architecture. The 8 and 16 bit bus
design for add-in cards featured in the IBM PC/AT.
KIC
Acronym for Keyboard Interface Card. An Isa based, multi-purpose I/O
board that provides an interface for the input devices such as keyboard,
mouse, touchscreen, and front panel keys (if present).
KIC Configuration Utility
Offline software tool for configuring the KIC card. This utility allows a
user to customize the operation of an input device. Typically the KIC
Configuration Utility is used to map the keys located on the front panel
of some versions of the 6180 Industrial Computer.
LCD
Acronym for Liquid Crystal Display. A display technology that relies on
polarizing filters and liquid crystal cells rather than phosphorous
illuminated by electron beams to produce a screen image.
PCI
Acronym for Peripheral Component Interconnect Bus. A 32/64 bit local
bus architecture developed by DEC, IBM, Intel and others that is widely
used in Pentium based personal computers. A PCI bus provides a high
bandwidth data link between system board components.
Pentium
A processor chip made by Intel that uses a 64-bit internal architecture.
Plug and Play
Also shown as PnP. A specification developed by Intel and Microsoft
that makes many computers and peripheral devices self configuring by
determining their own DMA, IRQ, and address. Part of Windows 95,
Plug and Play requires an operating system with PnP BIOS.
RAM
Acronym for Random Access Memory, the main computer operating
memory. Programs and data must first be loaded into RAM and
executed or processed from there. RAM is volatile, losing its contents
when power is removed.