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DVD
Digital versatile disc. An optical form of storage media, typically used for
movies. DVD has improved capacity and bandwidth compared with the CD.
Most DVD drives support CD media as well.
ECC
Error checking and correction. A type of
read or transmitted for errors and, when necessary, corrects the errors. See
also EDO.
ECP
Extended Capabilities Port. A
bidirectional data transmission. Like EPP, it uses
often improves performance.
computer's parallel port are designed to take advantage of the ECP standard.
EDO
Extended-data out. A type of
memory on faster microprocessors
computers, different types of
EIDE
Enhanced integrated device electronics. An improved version of the
interface for hard drives and
which allows for hard-drive storage capacities greater than 528 MB. It makes
use of DMA channels and can address up to four drives. Also called fast ATA.
EMI
Electromagnetic interference. Electrical interference caused by
electromagnetic radiation.
Energy Star
A series of EPA requirements to decrease the overall consumption of
electricity.
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency.
EPP
Enhanced Parallel Port. A
bidirectional data transmission. Like ECP, it uses
often improves performance. Many
parallel port are designed to take advantage of the EPP standard.
RAM that checks data that is being
parallel port design that provides improved
DMA
Devices such as printers that connect to the
RAM that improves the time to read from
such as the Intel Pentium. For faster
DRAM are considered. See also ECC.
CD drives. EIDE uses Logical Block Addressing,
parallel port design that provides improved
DMA
devices that connect to the computer's
to transfer data and
IDE
to transfer data and