D. glossary – Kontron AT8242 User Manual
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D. Glossary
Acronyms
Descriptions
AdvancedMC
(Same as AMC). Advanced Mezzanine Card.
AMC
(Same as AdvancedMC). Advanced Mezzanine Card.
AMC.0
Advanced Mezzanine Card Base Specification.
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.
ATCA
Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture
BI
Base Interface. Backplane connectivity defined by the ATCA.
BMC
Base Management Controller
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
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
ECC
Error Checking and Correction
EMI
ElectroMagnetic Interference
ETH
Same as Ethernet.
eUSB
Embedded Universal Serial Bus
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FI
Fabric Interface. Backplane connectivity defined by the ATCA.
FIFO
First In First Out