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C. Glossary
Acronyms
Descriptions
AdvancedMC
(Same as AMC). Advanced Mezzanine Card.
AMC
(Same as AdvancedMC). Advanced Mezzanine Card.
AMC.0
Advanced Mezzanine Card Base Specification.
AMC.1
PCI Express and Advanced Switching on AdvancedMC. A subsidiary specification to the Advanced
Mezzanine Card Base Specification (AMC.0).
AMC.2
Ethernet Advanced Mezzanine Card Specification. A subsidiary specification to the Advanced
Mezzanine Card Base Specification (AMC.0).
AMC.3
Advanced Mezzanine Card Specification for Storage. A subsidiary specification to the Advanced
Mezzanine Card Base Specification (AMC.0).
ATA
Advanced Technology Attachment
ATCA
Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
FRU
Field Replaceable Unit. Any entity that can be replaced by a user in the field. Not all FRUs are hot
swappable.
FW
FirmWare
Gb
Gigabit
GB
(Same as GByte) GigaByte.
GByte
(Same as GB) GigaByte.
GND
GrouND
HDD
Hard Disc Drive
HPM
PICMG Hardware Platform Management specification family
HPM.1
Hardware Platform Management IPM Controller Firmware Upgrade Specification
HW
HardWare
I2C
Inter Integrated Circuit bus
IPM
Intelligent Platform Management
IPMB
Intelligent Platform Management Bus
IPMB-0
Intelligent Platform Management Bus Channel 0, the logical aggregation of IPMB-A and IPMB-B.
IPMB-A
Intelligent Platform Management Bus A
IPMB-B
Intelligent Platform Management Bus B
IPMB-L
Intelligent Platform Management Bus Local
IPMC
Intelligent Platform Management Controller
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
OOS
Out Of Service
OS
Operating System
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-32
Peripheral Component Interconnect 32 bits
PCI®
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIe
(Same as PCI-E). PCI-Express. Next generation I/O standard
PCI-E
(Same as PCIe). PCI-Express. Next generation I/O standard.