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E
ECC Error checking and correction. The detection and correction of all single-bit
errors, plus the detection of double-bit and some multiple-bit errors.
ECP Extended capabilities port.
EEPROM Electrically erasable programmable read only memory.
Electromagnetic interference. An electrical characteristic that directly or
EMI
indirectly contributes to a degradation in performance of an electronic system.
EPIC-7 Texas Instruments Inc. 0.13 micron chip fabrication process.
EPP Enhanced parallel port.
Electrostatic discharge.
ESD
Ethernet A type of network hardware that provides communication between systems
connected directly together by transceiver taps, transceiver cables, and various
cable types such as coaxial, twisted-pair, and fiber-optic.
F
flash PROM Flash programmable read-only memory.
FPU Floating-point unit. A device (board or integrated circuit) that performs
floating-point calculations.
G
(Gb) Gigabit. 1024 megabits. Commonly used term in ethernet: Gigabit
Gbit
Ethernet.
Gbyte (GB) Gigabyte. A gigabyte is 1024 megabytes. Usually refers to data transfer
speeds or the capacity of a storage device.
GHz Gigahertz. One billion cycles per second.
GUI Graphical user interface.
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