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1.7 Terminology and definitions
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, an open industrial standard for the 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
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
DDR3
DDR, 3rd generation
DP
Display Port, a type of digital video display interface
DVI
Digital Visual interface, a type of digital video display interface
eDP
embedded Display Port, a type of digital video display interface developed especially for internal connections between boards and digital displays
EHCI
Enhanced Host Controller interface, a high-speed controller for USB ports, able to support USB2.0 standard
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
I2C Bus
Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus, a simple serial bus consisting only of data and clock line, with multi-master capability
ISA Bus
Industry Standard Architecture Bus, an old parallel bus for the connection of expansion boards.
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 pairs copper cables, usually used
for video applications
Mbps
Megabits per second
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. They are devices that incorporate the flash memories on a single BGA chip.
N.A.
Not Applicable
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