Acronyms and abbreviations – Eurotech Appliances COM-1460 User Manual
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
APM
Advanced Power Management
ATA AT
Attachment
ATAPI
ATA Packet Interface
BIOS
Basic I/O System
CVBS
Composite Video Broadcasting Signal
DMA
Direct Memory Access
ECC
Error Correction Code
ECP Enhanced
Capabilities
Port
FDC
Floppy Disk Drive Controller
FDD
Floppy Disk Drive
HDC
Hard Disk Drive controller
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
IDE Integrated
Device
Electronics
IEEE
Institute for Electrical and Electronics 
Engineers, Inc. 
I/O Input/Output 
IP Internet 
Protocol
IRQ Interrupt
Request
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
KB Kilobyte 
Kbps Kilobits 
per
Second
KHz Kilohertz 
LAN 
Local Area Network
LBA
Logical Block Addressing
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
LPT Line
Printer
LVD Low
Voltage
Differential
MB Megabyte 
Mbps 
Megabits per second
MHZ Megahertz 
MPEG 
Moving Picture Expert Group
NIDS
Network Driver Interface Specification
NTSC
National Television System Committee
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
PAL
Phase Alternation Line
PCI Peripheral
Component
Interconnect
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association
PIC Programmable
Interrupt
Controller
PIO Programmed
I/O
POST
Power-On Self Test
RAM Random
Access
Memory
RAMDAC RAM digital-to-analog converter 
SCSI 
Small Computer System Interface
SMBus System
Management
Bus
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Provocol/Internet 
Protocol 
USB
Universal Serial Bus
V Volts 
WAN Wide 
Area
Network
 
 
 
 
