Test Glossary - Polycom MGC Administrator Administrator's Manual

Appendix D: The Falcon Diagnostic Tool

Test Glossary

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The following Test Glossary describes the terms used in the diagnostic tests in
the table: "Diagnostic Tests" on page D-3.
Table D-5: Diagnostic Test Terms
Test Term
BCOD
CM
DSP
FPGA
PCI
Proc
QIFI
TDM
Description
An FPGA unit on the Video+ card.
Card Manager
Digital Signal Processor, a special type of
programmable co-processor, designed for
performing the mathematics used for
manipulating different types of information
in the Audio+ card.
Field-Programmable Gate Array, a type of
programmable logic chip.
Peripheral Component Interconnect, a 64-
bit bus, though it is usually implemented as
a 32-bit bus.
Processor.
An FPGA unit on the Audio+ card.
Time Division Multiplexing, a type of
combination of multiple signals (analog or
digital) for transmission over a single line or
media that combines data streams by
assigning each stream a different time slot
in a set.