Glossary Of Terms - DEC AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual

Glossary of Terms

10BASE-T Ethernet network
IEEE standard 802.3-compliant Ethernet products used for local distribution of data.
These networking products characteristically use twisted-pair cable.
AlphaGeneration
Identifies products and services that take advantage of Digital's Alpha 64-bit
computing environments.
AlphaServer
Digital's new generation of server systems based on the Alpha 64-bit computing
architecture
ARC
Advanced RISC Computing. User interface to the console firmware for operating
systems that expect firmware compliance with the Windows NT Portable Boot
Loader Specification.
AUI Ethernet network
Attachment unit interface. An IEEE standard 802.3-compliant Ethernet network
made of standard Ethernet cable.
autoboot
A system boot initiated automatically by software when the system is powered up or
reset.
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