Sun Microsystems Sun Blade 1000 Service Manual page 331

Glossary
address (1) A number used by system software to identify a storage location.
(2) In networking, a unique code that identifies a node to the network.
ASIC Application-specific integrated circuit
Asynchronous An operation that is not synchronized with the timing of any other part of the
system.
ASP Authorized service provider
BIST Built-in self-test
boot To load the system software into memory and start it running.
boot PROM In Sun workstations, the boot PROM contains a PROM monitor program, a
command interpreter used for booting, resetting, low-level configuring, and
simple testing.
CDE Common desktop environment
DIMM Dual in-line memory module. A small printed circuit card that contains
dynamic random-access memory chips.
DMA Direct memory address
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory. Read/write dynamic memory in which the
data can be read or written in approximately the same amount of time for any
memory location.
DTAG Dual tag or data tag
DVD Digital Video Disk
Electrically erasable programmable read only memory
EEPROM
EMI Electromagnetic interference. Electrical characteristic that directly or indirectly
contributes to a degradation in performance of an electronic system.
EPCI Extended peripheral component interconnect, a 64bit, 66MHz PCI bus
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