Kontron AT8940 - Manual (Page 81)

D-1 AT8910/AT8940
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D. Glossary
Acronyms Descriptions
ACPI Advanced Configuration & Power Interface
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API Application Programming Interface
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. ASCII codes represent text in computers,
communications equipment, and other devices that work with text.
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATCA Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture
BBS BIOS Boot Specification
BI Base Interface. Backplane connectivity defined by the ATCA.
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BMC Base Management Controller
CD Compact Disk
CDROM (Same as CD-ROM). Compact Disk Read-Only Memory.
CD-ROM (Same as CDROM). Compact Disk Read-Only Memory.
CFM Cubic Foot per Minute
CLI Command-Line Interface
CLK1 AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 1
CLK1A AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 1, bus A
CLK1B AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 1, bus A
CLK2 AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 2
CLK2A AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 2, bus A
CLK2B AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 2, bus B
CLK3 AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 3
CLK3A AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 3 , bus A
CLK3B AdvancedTCA bused resource Synch clock group 3 , bus B
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Also refers to the small amount of battery (or capacitor)
powered CMOS memory to hold the date, time, and system setup parameters.
CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device
CP-TA Communications Platforms Trade Association
CPU Central Processing Unit. This sometimes refers to a whole blade, not just a processor component.
CTS Clear To Send
DDR3 DDR3 SDRAM or Double-Data-Rate three (3) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMI Desktop Management Interface
DTC Data Transfer Controller
DTR Data Terminal Ready