Technical Reference Guide
Compaq iPAQ Series of Desktop Personal Computers
Second Edition – February 2001
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Table 1-1. Acronyms and Abbreviations Continued
Acronym/Abbreviation Description
PFC Power factor correction
PIN personal identification number
PIO Programmed I/O
POST power-on self test
PROM programmable read-only memory
PTR pointer
RAM random access memory
RAS row address strobe
rcvr receiver
RDRAM (Direct) Rambus DRAM
RGB red/green/blue (monitor input)
RH Relative humidity
RMS root mean square
ROM read-only memory
RPM revolutions per minute
RTC real time clock
R/W Read/Write
SCSI small computer system interface
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic RAM
SEC Single Edge-Connector
SECAM sequential colour avec memoire (sequential color with memory)
SF sign flag
SGRAM Synchronous Graphics RAM
SIMD Single instruction multiple data
SIMM single in-line memory module
SMART Self Monitor Analysis Report Technology
SMI system management interrupt
SMM system management mode
SMRAM system management RAM
SPD serial presence detect
SPDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface (IEC-958 specification)
SPN Spare part number
SPP standard parallel port
SRAM static RAM
SSE Streaming SIMD extensions
STN super twist pneumatic
SVGA super VGA
SW software
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