Annex
34 - English A26361-D2000-Z120-1-7419, edition 3
Glossary
The technical terms and abbreviations given below represent only a selection of the full list of
common technical terms and abbreviations.
Not all technical terms and abbreviations listed here are valid for the described mainboard.
AC'97 Audio Codec '97
ACPI Advanced Configuration and
Power Management Interface
AOL Alert On LAN
APM Advanced Power Management
ATA Advanced Technology
Attachment
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BMC Baseboard management
controller
CAN Controller Area Network
CPU Central Processing Unit
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
ECC Error Correcting Code
EEPROM Electrical Erasable
Programmable Read Only
Memory
FDC Floppy disk controller
FIFO First-In First-Out
FSB Front Side Bus
FWH Firmware Hub
GMCH Graphics and Memory
Controller Hub
GPA Graphics Performance
Accelerator
I
2
C Inter Integrated Circuit
IAPC Instantly Available Power
Managed Desktop PC Design
ICH I/O Controller Hub
IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics
IPSEC Internet Protocol Security
LAN Local Area Network
LSA LAN Desk Service Agent
MCH Memory Controller Hub
MMX MultiMedia eXtension
P64H PCI64 Hub
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
PCI Express Peripheral Component
Interconnect Express
PXE Preboot eXecution Environment
RAM Random Access Memory
RAMDAC Random Access Memory
Digital Analogue Converter
RTC Real Time Clock
SATA Serial Advanced Technology
Attachment
SB Soundblaster
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory
SIMD Streaming Mode Instruction
(
Single Instruction Multiple
Data)
SMBus System Management Bus
SVGA Super Video Graphic Adapter
USB Video Graphic Adapter
WOL Wake On LAN
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