Appendix; Appendix One：glossary Of Terms - YANYU ITX-K100 User Manual

ITX-K100
Base on Intel® Bay Trail platform Mini-ITX motherboard

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PPENDIX ONE LOSSARY OF TERMS
ACPI
Advanced configuration and power management.The ACPI specification allows the
operating system to control most of the power of the computer and its additional
equipment.
BIOS
Basic input / output system. It's a software that contains all the input/output control
code interface in PC When the system starts, it carries out the hardware detection.,
began to the operation of the operating system, between the operating system and
hardware to provide an interface. BIOS is stored in a read-only memory chip.
BUS
in a computer system, the exchange of data between the different parts of the
channel, is a set of hardware lines. We refer to the BUS is usually CPU and main
memory components within the local circuit.
Chipset
Chipset Is designed to perform one or more functions integrated chip. We refer to is
composed of South Bridge and North Bridge System on chip group, It determines
the structure and main function of the motherboard.
CMOS
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor. Is a widely used semiconductor type. It
has the characteristics of high-speed, low power consumption. We refer to CMOS is
on the motherboard CMOS ram reserved space, used to save the date, time, system
information and system parameter setting information.
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