Kontron KTC5520-EATX - Manual (Page 114)

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G. Glossary
Acronyms Descriptions
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATX Advanced Technology Extended. Form factor for computer case.
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CD Compact Disk
CDROM (Same as CD-ROM). Compact Disk Read-Only Memory.
CD-ROM (Same as CDROM). Compact Disk Read-Only Memory.
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.
CPU Central Processing Unit. This sometimes refers to a whole blade, not just a processor component.
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CTS Clear To Send
DDR3 DDR3 SDRAM or Double-Data-Rate three (3) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSP Digital Signal Processing
DTC Data Transfer Controller
DTR Data Terminal Ready
DTS Digital Thermal Sensor in IA32 processors.
DVD Digital Video Disk
EATX Extanded ATX
EEB Enterprise Electronics Bay
ETH Same as Ethernet.
Gb Gigabit
GB (Same as GByte) GigaByte.
GByte (Same as GB) GigaByte.
GbE Gigabit Ethernet
GHz GigaHertz
LAN Local Area Network
OS Operating System
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.
PIC Programmable Interrupt Controller
PICMG PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
PICMG® PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
RAM Random Access Memory
RS-232 (Same as RS232). Recommended Standard 232.