Dell Precision 410 User Manual page 147

drive-type number
Your computer can recognize a number of specific hard-
disk drives. Each is assigned a drive-type number that is
stored in NVRAM. The hard-disk drive(s) specified in
your computer's System Setup program must match the
actual drive(s) installed in the computer. The System Setup
program also allows you to specify physical parameters
(logical cylinders, logical heads, cylinder number, and log-
ical sectors per pack) for drives not included in the table
of drive types stored in NVRAM.
DTE
Abbreviation for data terminal equipment. Any device,
such as a computer system, that can send data in digital
form by means of a cable or communications line. The
DTE is connected to the cable or communications line
through a data communications equipment (DCE) device,
such as a modem.
ECC
Abbreviation for error checking and correction.
ECP
Abbreviation for Extended Capabilities Port.
EDO
Abbreviation for extended-data out. A memory technology
that offers improved performance over fast-page mode
technology by using a shorter page-mode cycle time while
accessing data within a single page of memory.
EEPROM
Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read-
only memory.
EIDE
Abbreviation for enhanced integrated drive electronics.
EIDE devices add one or more of the following enhance-
ments to the traditional IDE standard:
•
Data transfer rates of up to 16 MB/sec
•
Support for drives other than just hard-disk drives,
such as CD-ROM and tape drives
•
Support for hard-disk drives with capacities greater
than 528 MB
•
Support for up to two controllers, each with up to
two devices attached
EISA
Acronym for Extended Industry-Standard Architecture, a
32-bit expansion-bus design. The expansion-card connec-
tors in an EISA computer are also compatible with 8- or
16-bit ISA expansion cards.
To avoid a configuration conflict when installing an EISA
expansion card, you must use the EISA Configuration Util-
ity. This utility allows you to specify which expansion slot
contains the card and obtains information about the card's
required system resources from a corresponding EISA
configuration file.
EMC
Abbreviation for Electromagnetic Compatibility.
EMI
Abbreviation for electromagnetic interference.
EMM
Abbreviation for expanded memory manager. A utility that
uses extended memory to emulate expanded memory on
computers with an Intel386
EMS
Abbreviation for Expanded Memory Specification.
EPROM
Acronym for erasable programmable read-only memory.
ESD
Abbreviation for electrostatic discharge.
expanded memory
A technique for accessing RAM above 1 MB. To enable
expanded memory on your computer, you must use an
EMM. You should configure your system to support ex-
panded memory only if you run application programs that
can use (or require) expanded memory.
expansion bus
Your computer contains an expansion bus that allows the
microprocessor to communicate with controllers for pe-
ripheral devices, such as a network card or an internal
modem.
expansion-card connector
A connector on the computer's system board or riser board
for plugging in an expansion card.
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or higher microprocessor.
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