Glossary - Intel SDS2 Specification

Intel® Server Board SDS2
This appendix contains important terms used in the preceding chapters. For ease of use,
numeric entries are listed first (e.g., "82460GX") with alpha entries following (e.g., "AGP 4x").
Acronyms are then entered in their respective place, with non-acronyms following.
Term
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ASIC Application specific integrated circuit
BIOS Basic input/output system
BIST Built-in self test
BMC Baseboard Management Controller
Bridge Circuitry connecting one computer bus to another, allowing an agent on one to access the other.
Byte 8-bit quantity.
BYO Build your own
CIOB PCI 64-bit hub
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 baseboard.
CSB5 Legacy I/O controller hub
EEPROM Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
EMP Emergency management port
EPS External Product Specification
FRB Fault resilient booting
FRU Field replaceable unit
GB 1024 MB.
GPIO General Purpose I/O
GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic
HSC Hot-swap controller
Hz Hertz (1 cycle/second)
2
I C Inter-integrated circuit bus
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IA Intel architecture
ICMB Intelligent Chassis Management Bus
IERR Internal error
IPMB Intelligent Platform Management Bus
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
ITP In-target probe
KB 1024 bytes.
LAN Local area network
LPC Low pin count
LUN Logical unit number
MAC Media Access Control
MB 1024 KB
Ms milliseconds
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