Dell PowerEdge R210 - Manual (Page 14)

mA — Milliampere(s).
MAC address — Media Access Control address. Your system's unique hardware number on a network.
mAh — Milliampere-hour(s).
Mb — Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits.
MB — Megabyte(s); 1,048,576 bytes. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is often rounded to mean 1,000,000 bytes.
Mbps — Megabits per second.
MBps — Megabytes per second.
MBR — Master boot record.
memory address — 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).
memory key — A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB connector.
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 striping and RAID.
mm — Millimeter(s).
ms — Millisecond(s).
NAS — Network Attached Storage. NAS is 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. A 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.
ns — Nanosecond(s).
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.
parity stripe — In RAID arrays, a striped hard drive containing parity 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.
PDU — Power distribution unit. A power source with multiple power outlets that provides electrical power to servers and storage systems in a rack.
peripheral — An internal or external device, such as a diskette drive or keyboard, connected to a system.
pixel — A single point on a video display. Pixels are arranged in rows and columns to create an image. A video resolution, such as 640 x 480, is expressed as
the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down.
POST — Power-on self-test. Before the operating system loads when you turn on your system, the POST tests various system components such as RAM and
hard drives.
processor — The primary computational chip inside the system that controls the interpretation and execution of arithmetic and logic functions. Software
written for one processor must usually be revised to run on another processor. CPU is a synonym for processor.
PXE — Preboot eXecution Environment. A way of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette).
RAC — Remote access controller.
RAID — Redundant array of independent disks. A method of providing data redundancy. Some common implementations of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID
5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. See also mirroring and striping.
RAM — Random-access memory. The system's primary temporary storage area for program instructions and data. Any information stored in RAM is lost when
you turn off your system.
R-DIMM — A registered DDR3 memory module.
readme file — A text file, usually shipped with software or hardware, that contains information supplementing or updating the product's documentation.
read-only file — A read-only file is one that you are prohibited from editing or deleting.
ROM — Read-only memory. Your system contains some programs essential to its operation in ROM code. A ROM chip retains its contents even after you turn off
your system. Examples of code in ROM include the program that initiates your system's boot routine and the POST.