Dell PowerVault 745N - Manual (Page 9)

A specific location, usually expressed as a hexadecimal number, in the system's RAM
memory module
A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board
memory
An area in your system that stores basic system data. A system can contain several different forms of memory, such as integrated memory (ROM and RAM)
and add-in memory modules (DIMMs).
MHz
Megahertz
mirroring
A type of data redundancy in which a set of physical drives stores data and one or more sets of additional drives stores duplicate copies of the data.
Mirroring functionality is provided by software. See also guarding, integrated mirroring, striping, and RAID.
mm
Millimeter(s)
ms
Millisecond(s)
MS-DOS
Microsoft Disk Operating System
NAS
Network Attached Storage; one of the concepts used for implementing shared storage on a network. NAS systems have their own operating systems,
integrated hardware, and software that are optimized to serve specific storage needs.
NIC
Network interface controller; device that is installed or integrated in a system to allow connection to a network
NMI
Nonmaskable interrupt. A device sends an NMI to signal the processor about hardware errors.
NVRAM
Nonvolatile random-access memory. Memory that does not lose its contents when you turn off your system. NVRAM is used for maintaining the date, time,
and system configuration information.
parity
Redundant information that is associated with a block of data
partition
You can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the fdisk command. Each partition can contain multiple logical drives. You
must format each logical drive with the format command.
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect; a standard for local-bus implementation