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1.7 Terminology and definitions
AC'97
Audio Codec'97, a standard for audio hardware codecs developed by Intel
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, an open industrial standard for board's devices configuration and power management
AHCI
Advanced Host Controller Interface, a standard which defines the operations modes of SATA interface
API
Application Program Interface, a set of commands and functions that can be used by programmers for writing software for specific Operating
Systems
CAN Bus
Controller Area network, a protocol designed for in-vehicle communication
CEC
Consumer Electronics Control, an HDMI feature which allows controlling more devices connected together by using only one remote control
CSI2
MIPI Camera Serial Interface, 2nd generation standard regulating communication between a peripheral device (camera) and a host processor
DDC
Display Data Channel, a kind of I2C interface for digital communication between displays and graphics processing units (GPU)
DDR
Double Data Rate, a typology of memory devices which transfer data both on the rising and on the falling edge of the clock
DDR3
DDR, 3rd generation
DVI
Digital Visual interface, a type of digital video display interface
FFC/FPC
Flexible Flat Cable / Flat Panel Cable
GBE
Gigabit Ethernet
Gbps
Gigabits per second
GND
Ground
GPI/O
General purpose Input/Output
HDMI
High Definition Multimedia Interface, a digital audio and video interface
I2C Bus
Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus, a simple serial bus consisting only of data and clock line, with multi-master capability
LVDS
Low Voltage Differential Signaling, a standard for transferring data at very high speed using inexpensive twisted pairs copper cables, usually used
for video applications
MAC
Medium Access Controller, the hardware implementing the Data Link Layer of ISO/OSI-7 model for communication systems
Mbps
Megabits per second
MIPI
Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance
MMC/eMMC
MultiMedia Card / embedded MMC, a type of memory card, having the same interface as the SD card. The eMMC is the embedded version of
the MMC, i.e. they are devices that incorporate the memory controller and the flash memories on a single BGA chip
N.A.
Not Applicable
N.C.
Not Connected
SBC-984
SBC-984 User Manual - Rev. First Edition: 1.0 - Last Edition: 4.0 - Author: S.B. - Reviewed by N.P. Copyright © 2016 SECO S.r.l.
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in 1997
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