Acronym or
Abbreviation
EISA
EPP
EIDE
ESCD
EV
ExCA
FIFO
FL
FM
FPM
FPU
FPS
ft
GB
GMCH
GND
GPIO
GPOC
GART
GUI
h
HDD
HW
hex
Hz
ICH
IDE
IEEE
IF
I/F
IGC
in
INT
I/O
IPL
Technical Reference Guide
Table 1-1 (Continued)
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Description
extended ISA
enhanced parallel port
enhanced IDE
Extended System Configuration Data (format)
Environmental Variable (data)
Exchangeable Card Architecture
first in/first out
flag (register)
frequency modulation
fast page mode (RAM type)
Floating point unit (numeric or math coprocessor)
Frames per second
Foot/feet
gigabyte
Graphics/memory controller hub
ground
general purpose I/O
general purpose open-collector
Graphics address re-mapping table
graphic user interface
hexadecimal
hard disk drive
hardware
hexadecimal
Hertz (cycles-per-second)
I/O controller hub
integrated drive element
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
interrupt flag
interface
integrated graphics controller
inch
interrupt
input/output
initial program loader
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