HPE AlphaServer 300 User Manual page 10

Abbreviations
This guide uses the following abbreviations:
Abbreviation
ARC
CD
CD-ROM
CPU
DMA
DRAM
DROM
FDC
flashROM
GB
IRQ
ISA
Kb
KB
LED
Mb
MB
MHz
MAU
ns
NVRAM
Digital UNIX
PCI
RISC
ROM
Meaning
Advanced RISC Computing (the Windows NT Console).
Compact disc.
Compact disc read-only memory.
Central processing unit.
Direct memory access.
Dynamic random access memory.
Diagnostic read only memory.
Floppy disk controller.
Electrically erasable, rewriteable, nonvolatile memory.
A GB suffix to a numerical value indicates size in gigabytes
(for example, 1 GB). A gigabyte equals 1,073,741,824 bytes.
Interrupt request.
Industry-standard architecture.
A Kb suffix to a numerical value indicates size in kilobits (for
example, 512 Kb). A kilobit equals 1024 bits.
A KB suffix to a numerical value indicates size in kilobytes
(for example, 640 KB). A kilobyte equals 1024 bytes.
Light-emitting diode.
An Mb suffix to a numerical value indicates size in megabits
(for example, 10 Mb). A megabit equals 1,048,576 bits.
A MB suffix to a numerical value indicates size in megabytes
(for example, 550 MB). A megabyte equals 1,048,576 bytes.
Megahertz.
Media adapter unit.
Nanoseconds.
Nonvolatile random access memory.
Digital UNIX operating system.
Peripheral component interconnect.
Reduced instruction set computing.
Read only memory.
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