PCISA-8450 User Manual - iEi

Glossary
AC ’97 Audio Codec 97
ACPI Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface
APM Advanced Power Management
ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device
ASKIR Shift Keyed Infrared
ATA Advanced Technology
Attachments
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CFII Compact Flash Type 2
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
CPU Central Processing Unit
Codec Compressor/Decompressor
COM Serial Port
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DDR Double Data Rate
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DIO Digital Input/Output
DMA Direct Memory Access
EIDE Enhanced IDE
EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
Technology
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
FDC Floppy Disk Connector
FFIO Flexible File Input/Output
FIFO First In/First Out
FSB Front Side Bus
IrDA Infrared Data Association
HDD Hard Disk Drive
IDE Integrated Data Electronics
I/O Input/Output
ICH4 I/O Controller Hub 4
L1 Cache Level 1 Cache
L2 Cache Level 2 Cache
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LPT Parallel Port Connector
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling
MAC Media Access Controller
OS Operating System
PCI Peripheral Connect Interface
PIO Programmed Input Output
PnP Plug and Play
POST Power On Self Test
RAM Random Access Memory
SATA Serial ATA
S.M.A.R.T Self Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology
SPD Serial Presence Detect
S/PDI Sony/Philips Digital Interface
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory
SIR Serial Infrared
UART Universal Asynchronous
Receiver-transmitter
USB Universal Serial Bus
VGA Video Graphics Adapter
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