Glossary

The terms in this glossary cover topics related to this manual. Alternate naming is included for reference.

Abbreviations

AC: Alternating current

ANSI: American National Standards Institute

AMT: Intel Active Management Technology

ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange

BIOS: basic input/output system

bps: bits per second

CD: compact disc

CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

CD-RW: Compact Disc-ReWritable

CMOS: complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

CPU: central processing unit

CRT: cathode ray tube

DC: direct current

DDR: double data rate

DIMM: dual inline memory module

DVD: digital versatile disc

DVD-R: Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable

DVD-RAM: Digital Versatile Disc-Random Access Memory

DVD-R DL: Digital Versatile Disc Recordable Dual Layer

DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory

DVD-RW: Digital Versatile Disc-ReWritable

DVD+R DL: Digital Versatile Disc Recordable Double Layer

eSATA: external Serial ATA

FDD: floppy diskette drive

FIR: fast infrared

GB: gigabyte

HDD: hard disk drive

HDMI: High-Definition Multimedia Interface

IDE: integrated drive electronics

IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

I/O: input/output

IRQ: interrupt request

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KB: kilobyte

LAN: local area network

LCD: liquid crystal display

LED: light emitting diode

MB: megabyte

MMC: multi media card

OCR: optical character recognition (reader)

PC: personal computer

PCI: peripheral component interconnect

RAM: random access memory

RGB: red, green, and blue

ROM: read only memory

RTC: real time clock

S/P DIF: Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format

SD: Secure Digital

SDHC: Secure Digital High Capacity

SDXC: Secure Digital Extended Capacity

SDRAM: synchronous dynamic random access memory

SLI: Scalable Link Interface

SSD: Solid state drive

TFT: thin-film transistor

USB: Universal Serial Bus

UXGA: ultra extended graphics array

VGA: video graphics array

WAN: wide area network

WSXGA: wide super extended graphics array

WSXGA+: wide super extended graphics array plus

WUXGA: Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array

WXGA: wide extended graphics array

WXGA+: wide extended graphics array plus

XGA: extended graphics array

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