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NOVA-9152 and NOVA-9102 5.25" Motherboard
AC'97 Audio Codec 97 (AC'97) refers to a codec standard developed by
Intel® in 1997.
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an
OS-directed configuration, power management, and thermal
management interface.
AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a SATA Host controller
register-level interface.
AMD64 AMD64 is the name for the 64-bit instruction set on AMD architecture.
AMD64 supports Intel's x86 instruction architecture and is almost
identical to Intel's x86-64 architecture.
ATA The Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interface connects
storage devices including hard disks and CD-ROM drives to a
computer.
APM The Advanced Power Management (APM) application program
interface (API) enables the inclusion of power management in the
BIOS.
ARMD An ATAPI Removable Media Device (ARMD) is any ATAPI device that
supports removable media, besides CD and DVD drives.
BIOS The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is firmware that is first run
when the computer is turned on and can be configured by the end
user
CODEC The Compressor-Decompressor (CODEC) encodes and decodes
digital audio data on the system.
CMOS Complimentary metal-oxide-conductor is an integrated circuit used in
chips like static RAM and microprocessors.
COM COM refers to serial ports. Serial ports offer serial communication to
expansion devices. The serial port on a personal computer is usually a
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