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Detecting Sandpoint 3
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Appendix D: Glossary
Table 25 explains some terminology used in this document:
Term
ATA
AT (PC format) Attach - protocol for communicating over IDE bus.
ATX
Form factor for chassis.
BBRAM
Battery-Backed Random Access Memory
IDE
Integrated Device Electronics -- common disk interface signalling.
MPMC
Motorola Processor PCI Mezzanine Card -- an superset of the VITA PrPMC specification
proposal which adds PCI arbitration.
PCI
Peripheral Connect Interface
PMC
PCI Mezzanine Card -- a small form-factor PCI-2.0 compliant daughtercard standard.
PPMC
Processor PCI Mezzanine Card -- an early name for PrPMC; no longer used.
PrPMC
Processor PCI Mezzanine Card -- an extension to the IEEE1386 PMC standard adding
host-related functions and PCI-2.1 compatibility (was formerly called PPMC).
RAM
Are you kidding?
RTC
Real Time Clock
SIO
System I/O (or SuperIO) - National Semi. PC-I/O device.
WB
WinBond, manufacturer of the ISA/IDE interface.
Version
Date
A
2001 Oct 15
B
2002 Jan 24
C
2003 Feb 14
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Table 25. Terminology
Definition
Changes
Revised
Reformatted, web link updates.
SPF100Z related revisions.
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