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DIN
Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss. A German standards organization and
member of
DIN is also a form of connector on your computer that is round, has 5 pins,
and is typically used to connect
keyboard cable connectors. See also
DMA
Direct memory access. An electronic pathway or direct channel on which a
and transfer data directly to
DMA channel is often one of the resources assigned when configuring an
drive. DMA is a recent alternative to
DMI
Desktop Management Interface. A standard of
that provides a method
to determine various management attributes of a computer through the use
of a standard software interface.
DMTF
Distributed Management Task Force. An industry organization leading the
development, adoption, and unification of management standards and
initiatives for desktop, enterprise, and Internet environments. Working with
key technology vendors and affiliated standards groups, the DMTF is enabling
a more integrated and efficient approach to management.
DRAM
Dynamic random-access memory (
). Referred to as “dynamic” because it
must be regularly refreshed, unlike
, which retains a value as long as
and
DRDRAM
dynamic random-access memory (
). Provides a 16-bit
, rather than the 8-bit
bus. At a speed of 800
, the peak data
transfer rate is 1.6 billion
. DRDRAM uses
to accelerate
processing, allowing up to eight operations to be performed simultaneously.
DTE
Data terminal equipment. In computer data transmission, DTE is the
interface that a computer uses to exchange data with a modem or other
serial
device. See also