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DVD-ROM
Digital versatile disc read-only memory.
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.
EMI
Electromagnetic interference. An electrical characteristic that directly or
indirectly contributes to a degradation in performance of an electronic system.
EPIC-7
Texas Instruments Inc. 0.13 micron chip fabrication process.
ESD
Electrostatic discharge.
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
Gbit
(Gb) Gigabit. 1024 megabits. Commonly used term in Ethernet: Gigabit
Ethernet.
(GB) Gigabyte. A gigabyte is 1024 megabytes. Usually refers to data transfer
Gbyte
speeds or the capacity of a storage device.
GHz
Gigahertz. One billion cycles per second.
GUI
Graphical user interface.
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