Terminology And Definitions - Seco COMe-C55-CT6 User Manual

1.7 Terminology and definitions

ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, an open industrial standard for the board
AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface, a standard which defines the operation 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
BIOS Basic Input / Output System, the Firmware Interface that initializes the board before the OS starts loading
CRT Cathode Ray Tube. Initially used to indicate a type of monitor, this acronym has been used over time to indicate the analog video interface used to
drive them.
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
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DDR4 DDR, 4 generation
DP Display Port, a type of digital video display interface
DVI Digital Visual interface, a type of digital video display interface
ECC Error Correcting Code, a peculiar type of memory module with 72-bit of data instead of 64, where the additional 8 bit are used to detect and correct
possible errors on the remaining 64-bit data bus
eDP embedded Display Port, a type of digital video display interface specifically developed for the internal connections between boards and digital
displays
GbE Gigabit Ethernet
Gbps Gigabits per second
GND Ground
GPI/O General purpose Input/Output
HD Audio High Definition Audio, most recent standard for hardware codecs developed by Intel
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
LPC Bus Low Pin Count Bus, a low speed interface based on a very restricted number of signals, deemed to management of legacy peripherals
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling, a standard for transferring data at very high speed using inexpensive twisted pair copper cables, usually used
for video applications
Mbps Megabits per second
N.A. Not Applicable
N.C. Not Connected
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