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Dell PowerEdge 7150 User Manual

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As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of your system's integral components, such as the following:

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Microprocessor

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RAM

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Expansion-card connectors

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Controllers for standard peripheral devices such as the keyboard

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Various ROM chips

Frequently used synonyms for system board are motherboard and logic board.

system diskette

System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette.

system memory

System memory is a synonym for RAM.

system setup program

The system setup program options allow you to configure your system's hardware. Some options in the system setup program require that you reboot the system to
effect a hardware-configuration change. Because the System Setup program is stored in NVRAM, any options that you set remain in effect until you change them
again.

TCP/IP

Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

UPS

Abbreviation for uninterruptible power supply. A battery-powered unit that automatically supplies power to your system in the event of an electrical failure.

USB

Abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus.

USOC

Abbreviation for Universal Service Ordering Code.

utility

A program used to manage system resources—memory, disk drives, or printers, for example. The diskcopy command for duplicating diskettes and the himem.sys
device driver for managing extended memory are utilities included in MS-DOS.

V

Abbreviation for volt(s).

VAC

Abbreviation for volt(s) alternating current.

VCCI

Abbreviation for Voluntary Control Council for Interference.

VDC

Abbreviation for volt(s) direct current.

VDE

Abbreviation for Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker.

VGA

Abbreviation for video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than EGA and
CGA, the previous standards.

To display a program at a specific resolution, you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution. Similarly, the number of