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Term
LPC
LS
MDIO
ME
Mini Module
MS
NA
NC
NC-SI
OEM
PC-AT
PCB
PCI Express
PCIE
PEG
PHY
Pin-out Type
Ra
ROM
RTC
SAFS
SATA
SCSI
Description
Low Pin-Count Interface: a low speed interface used for peripheral circuits
such as Super I/O controllers, which typically combine legacy-device
support into a single IC.
Least Significant
Management Data Input/Output, or MDIO, is a 2-wire serial bus that is used
to manage PHYs or physical layer devices in media access controllers
(MACs).
Management Engine
COM Express 84x55mm Module form factor
Most Significant
Not Available
No Connect
Network Controller Sideband Interface
Original Equipment Manufacturer
"Personal Computer – Advanced Technology" – an IBM trademark term
used to refer to Intel x86 based personal computers in the 1990s
Printed Circuit Board
Peripheral Component Interface Express – next-generation high speed
Serialized I/O bus
PCI Express Graphics
Ethernet controller physical layer device
A reference to one of seven COM Express definitions for the signals that
appear on the COM Express Module connector pins.
Roughness Average – a measure of surface roughness, expressed in units
of length.
Read Only Memory – a legacy term – often the device referred to as a
ROM can actually be written to, in a special mode. Such writable ROMs are
sometimes called Flash ROMs. BIOS is stored in ROM or Flash ROM.
Real Time Clock – battery backed circuit in PC-AT systems that keeps
system time and date as well as certain system setup parameters
eSPI
tTerm for Slave Attached Flash Sharing where the Flash component is
attached behind a BMC component.
Serial AT Attachment: serial-interface standard for hard disks
Small Computer System Interface – an interface standard for high end disk
drives and other computer peripherals
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