List Of Acronyms - Kontron mITX-BW User Manual

List of Acronyms

The following table does not contain the complete acronyms used in signal names, signal
type definitions or similar. See Table 1: '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
GND
GPIO
GPU
HDD
HDMI
IPMI
LED
LPC
LVDS
MDI
microSD micro SD card (form factor memory card)
mITX
mPCIe
mSATA
OpenGL
PCB
PCH
PCI
PCIe
POST
PS/2
PSU
PWM
PXE
RAID
RoHS
RTC
SATA
SD
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Gigabyte Ethernet
Ground (Earthing)
General-purpose input/output
Graphics Processing Unit
Harddisk Drive
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
Light Emitting Diode
Low Pin Count (serial bus)
Low-voltage differential signaling
Media Dependent Interface
MiniITX (form factor for motherboards)
Mini PCI Express (a small form factor
expansion card utilizing serial PCI Express
and USB interfaces)
Mini SATA (interface to harddisk / solid state
disk)
Application programming interface (API) for
rendering vector graphics
Printed Circuit Board
The Platform Controller Hub
Peripheral Component Interconnect
(local computer bus for attaching hardware
devices)
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
( high-speed serial computer expansion bus)
Power On Self Test
Interface for connecting keyboards and mice
Power Supply Unit
Pulse-width modulation
Preboot Execution Environment
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
Restriction of Hazardous Substances
Real Time Clock
Serial ATA (bus interface)
SD card, memory card form factor
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