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Appendix A: List of Acronyms
The following table does not contain the complete acronyms used in signal names,
signal type definitions or similar. A description of the signals is included in the I/O
Connector and Internal connector chapters within this user guide.
Table 51: List of Acronyms
2D Two-Dimensional
3D Three-Dimensional
AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface
AMT Active Management Technology
AT Advanced Technology
ATX Advanced Technology eXtended
BGA Ball Grid Array
BIOS Basic Input / Output System
BSP Board Support Package
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
CPU Central Processing Unit
DC Direct Current
DDC Display Data Channel
DIO Digital Input / Output
DP DisplayPort
ECC Error-Correcting Code
ECX Embedded Compact eXtended
EEE Electrical and Electronic Equipment
EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
EOS Electrical OverStress
ESD ElectroStatic Discharge
GbE Gigabit Ethernet
HDD Hard Disk Drive
HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface
LAN Local Area Network
LED Light Emitting Device
LVDS Low-Voltage Differential Signaling
ME F/W Management Engine Firmware
mPCIe mini Peripheral Component Interconnect
express
NGFF Next Generation Form Factor
PC-AT Personal Computer - Advanced
Technology
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PSU Power Supply Unit
PVC PolyViny Chloride
PWM Pulse Width Modulation
RAM Random Access Memory
ROM Read-Only Memory
RTC Real-Time Clock
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SD Secure Digital memory card
SDP Serial Download Protocol
SELV Safety Extra-Low Voltage
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SMBus System Management Bus
SoC System on Chip
SO-DIMM Small Outline Dual In-line Memory
Module
SPD Serial Presence Detect
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
TDP Thermal Design Power
TPM Trusted Platform Module
UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
USB Universal Serial Bus
UTP Update Transfer Protocol
VGA Video Graphics Array
WDT WatchDog Timer
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment