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List of Acronyms
The following table does not contain the complete acronyms used in signal names, signal
type definitions or similar. See chapter: 'Component Main Data' for more information.
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(standard that operating systems use to
perform discovery and configuration of
computer hardware components, to perform
power management...)
ADC
Analog Digital Converter
AHCI
Advanced Host Controller Interface
(technical standard that specifies the
operation of Serial ATA (SATA) host bus
adapters)
ATX
Advanced Technology Extended
(motherboard configuration specification)
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System (type of
firmware used to perform hardware
initialization during the booting process)
BOB
Break-Out-Board
BSP
Board support package (implementation of
specific support code (software) for a given
(device motherboard) board that conforms
to a given operating system)
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
(technology for constructing integrated
circuits)
COM
Communication Equipment (Serial Bus)
CPU
Central Processing Unit
DAC
Digital Analog Converter
DDC
Display Data Channel
DDR3
Double Data Rate (SDRAM interface)
DIMM
Dual Inline Memory Module
DirectX
Collection of application programming
interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks
DP
Display Port
ECC
Error Checking and Correction
EFI
Extensible Firmware Interface
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
eMMC
Embedded Multimedia Card
EOL
End Of Life
ESD
Electrostatic discharge
EHCI
Enhanced Host Controller Interface
GB
Gigabyte
GBE
Gigabyte Ethernet
GND
Ground (Earthing)
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GPIO
General-purpose input/output
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
HDD
Harddisk Drive
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LPC
Low Pin Count (serial bus)
LVDS
Low-voltage differential signaling
MDI
Media Dependent Interface
microSD micro SD card (form factor memory card)
mITX
MiniITX (form factor for motherboards)
mPCIe
Mini PCI Express (a small form factor
expansion card utilizing serial PCI Express
and USB interfaces)
mSATA
Mini SATA (interface to harddisk / solid state
disk)
OpenGL
Application programming interface (API) for
rendering vector graphics
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCH
The Platform Controller Hub
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
(local computer bus for attaching hardware
devices)
PCIe
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
( high-speed serial computer expansion bus)
POST
Power On Self Test
PS/2
Interface for connecting keyboards and mice
PSU
Power Supply Unit
PWM
Pulse-width modulation
PXE
Preboot Execution Environment
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RoHS
Restriction of Hazardous Substances
RTC
Real Time Clock
SATA
Serial ATA (bus interface)
SD
SD card, memory card form factor
SELV
Safety extra-low voltage
SIM
SIM card, subscriber identification module
SO-DIMM Small outline dual in-line memory module
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