Intel® Server Boards S3200SH/S3210SH TPS Glossary
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Intel Order Number: E14960-009
Glossary
This appendix contains important terms used in the preceding chapters. For ease of use,
numeric entries are listed first (for example, “82460GX”) with alpha entries following (for
example, “AGP 4x”). Acronyms are then entered in their respective place, with non-acronyms
following.
Term Definition
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AP Application Processor
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASR Asynchronous Reset
BEV Bootstrap Entry Vector
BGA Ball-grid Array
BIOS Basic input/output system
BMC Baseboard Management Controller
Byte 8-bit quantity.
CMOS In terms of this specification, this describes the PC-AT compatible region of battery-backed 128 bytes
of memory, which normally resides on the server board.
DCD Data Carrier Detect
DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMTF Distributed Management Task Force
ECC Error Correcting Code
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
EPS External Product Specification
ESCD Extended System Configuration Data
FDC Floppy Disk Controller
FIFO First-In, First-Out
FRB Fault Resilient Booting
FRU Field replaceable unit
FSB Front Side Bus
GB 1024 MB
Gbit 1 Gbit
GPIO General purpose I/O
GUID Globally Unique ID
Hz Hertz (1 cycle/second)
HDG Hardware Design Guide
I2C Inter-integrated circuit bus
IA Intel
®
architecture
ICMB Intelligent Chassis Management Bus
IERR Internal error
IMB Inter Module Bus
IP Internet Protocol
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
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