Appendix C- Terms And Abbreviations - Lenovo ThinkSystem HR330A User Manual And Hardware Maintenance Manual

Appendix C- Terms and Abbreviations

BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BPS
Bits per second.
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
COM serial port
MS-DOS supports up to four serial ports. The default interrupt for COM1 and COM3 is IRQ4; the default interrupt for COM2 and COM
4 is IRQ3.
CPU
Central Processing Unit
DIMM
Dual In-line Memory Module
DMA
Direct Memory Access; The DMA channel allows certain types of data to be communicated directly between the RAM and device,
while bypassing the microprocessor.
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory; RAMs for computers are usually in the form of DRAM chips.
ECC
Error Checking and Correction
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
FAT
File Allocation Table
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GB
Gigabyte; 1 GB is equivalent to 1024 MB or 1,073,741,824 bytes
HZ
Hertz
I/O
Input/Output
I2O
Intelligent Input/Output
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