Kontron AM4211 User Manual
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CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CS1
Components Side 1 as describes in PICMG3.0.
CS2
Components Side 2 as describes in PICMG3.0.
CTCA
Compact Telecom Computing Architecture
CTS
Clear To Send
DDR2
(Same as DDR-II). DDR2 SDRAM or Double-Data-Rate two (2) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM
Dual In-line Memory Module
DIN
Deutsches Institut für Normung. German Institute for Standardization.
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DMI
Desktop Management Interface
DPLL
Digital Phase-Locked Loop
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
DTC
Data Transfer Controller
DTR
Data Terminal Ready
DTS
Digital Thermal Sensor in IA32 processors.
ECC
Error Checking and Correction
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFI
Extensible Firmware Interface
EFT
Electric Fast Transient
EHCI
Enhanced Host Controller Interface. Specification for Universal Serial Bus specification, revision 2.0.
EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance
EISA
Extended Industry Standard Architecture. Superset of ISA, 32-bit bus architecture.
EIST
(Same as SpeedStep). Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
EMC
ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EMI
ElectroMagnetic Interference
EMTTM
Turbo mode and enhanced Multi Threaded Thermal Management
ERM
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters
ESD
ElectroStatic Discharge
ETH
Same as Ethernet.
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FADT
Fixed ACPI Description Table
FC
Fibre Channel
FC-AL
Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop
FI
Fabric Interface. Backplane connectivity defined by the ATCA.
FML
Fast Management Link
FPGA
Field-Programmable Gate Array
FPL
FPGA-to-PLD Link. FPL is a 20 MHz serial link that exchange 32-bit of data in each direction between
the FPGA and a companion PLD. Comes from Kontron Canada.
FRBx
Fault-Resilient Booting level [1-3]. A term used to describe system features and algorithms that
improve the likelihood of the detection of, and recovery from, processor failures in a multiprocessor
system.
Acronyms
Descriptions