Dell PowerEdge T610 - Manual (Page 191)

Glossary
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Glossary
A — Ampere(s).
AC — Alternating current.
ACPI — Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. A standard interface for
enabling the operating system to direct configuration and power management.
ambient temperature — The temperature of the area or room where the system is
located.
ANSI — American National Standards Institute. The primary organization for
developing technology standards in the U.S.
asset tag — An individual code assigned to a system, usually by an administrator, for
security or tracking purposes.
backup — A copy of a program or data file. As a precaution, back up your system’s
hard drive(s) on a regular basis.
blade — A module that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. The modules
are mounted into a chassis that includes power supplies and fans.
bootable media — A diskette, USB memory key, or optical media that is used to start
your system instead of booting from the hard drives.
BTU — British thermal unit.
bus — An information pathway between the components of a system. Your system
contains an expansion bus that allows the processor to communicate with controllers
for the peripheral devices connected to the system. Your system also contains an
address bus and a data bus for communications between the processor and RAM.
C — Celsius.
cache — A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quick data
retrieval.
cm — Centimeter(s).
COM n — The device names for the serial ports on your system. Some COM ports
may be virtual (for example, your system may have two COM ports, but only one
physical connector).
control panel — The part of the system that contains indicators and controls, such as
the power button and power indicator.
controller — A chip or expansion card that controls the transfer of data between the
processor and memory or between the processor and a peripheral device.
CPU — Central processing unit. See processor.
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