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Abbreviations and Acronyms: Dell™ PowerEdge™ 300 Systems Service Manual

The following list contains common abbreviations and acronyms that may appear in the Dell PowerEdge 300 System Service Manual files.

A

ampere(s)

AC

alternating current

ADC

analog-to-digital converter

ADI

Autodesk Device Interface

AI

artificial intelligence

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APIC

Advanced Peripheral Interrupt Controller

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASIC

application-specific integrated circuit

BASIC

Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BBS

bulletin board service

BIOS

basic input/output system

bpi

bits per inch

bps

bits per second

BTU

British thermal unit

C

Celsius

CCFT

cold cathode fluorescent tube

CD

compact disc

CD-ROM

compact disc read-only memory

CGA

color graphics adapter

cm

centimeter(s)

CMOS

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

C.O.D.

collect on delivery

cpi

characters per inch

cpl

characters per line

CPU

central processing unit

DAC

digital-to-analog converter

DASH

Dell Advanced SCSI Host

DAT

digital audio tape

dB

decibel(s)

dBA

adjusted decibel(s)

DC

direct current

DIMM

dual in-line memory module

DIN

Deutsche Industrie Norm

DIP

dual in-line package

DMA

direct memory access

DOC

Department of Communications (in Canada)

dpi

dots per inch

DRAM

dynamic random-access memory

DS/DD

double-sided/double-density

DS/HD

double-sided high-density

DSA

Dell SCSI Array

ECC

error checking and correction

EDO

extended-data out

EGA

enhanced graphics adapter

EIDE

enhanced integrated drive electronics

EISA

Extended Industry-Standard Architecture

EMI

electromagnetic interference

EMM

expanded memory manager

EMS

Expanded Memory Specification

EPP

Enhanced Parallel Port

EPROM

erasable programmable read-only memory

ESD

electrostatic discharge

ESDI

enhanced small-device interface

ESM

embedded server management

F

Fahrenheit

FAT

file allocation table

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FIFO

first-in first-out

ft

feet

g

gram(s)

G

gravities

GB

gigabyte(s)

GUI

graphical user interface

h

hexadecimal

HIP

Hardware Instrumentation Package

HMA

high memory area

HPFS

High Performance File System

Hz

hertz

I/O

input/output

ID

identification

IDE

integrated drive electronics

IRQ

interrupt request

ISA

Industry-Standard Architecture

JEIDA

Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association

K

kilo- (1024)

KB

kilobyte(s)

KB/sec

kilobyte(s) per second

Kb

kilobit(s)

Kbps

kilobit(s) per second

kg

kilogram(s)

kHz

kilohertz

LAN

local area network

lb

pound(s)

LCD

liquid crystal display

LED

light-emitting diode

LIF

low insertion force

LN

load number

lpi

lines per inch

LVD

low voltage differential

m

meter(s)

mA

milliampere(s)

mAh

milliampere-hour(s)

MB

megabyte(s)

Mb

megabit(s)

Mbps

megabit(s) per second

MBR

master boot record

MDA

monochrome display adapter

MGA

monochrome graphics adapter

MHz

megahertz

MMX

MultiMedia eXtensions

mm

millimeter(s)

ms

millisecond(s)

MS-DOS®

Microsoft® Disk Operating System

MTBF

mean time between failures

mV

millivolt(s)

NIC

network interface controller

NiCad

nickel cadmium

NiMH

nickel-metal hydride

NMI

nonmaskable interrupt

ns

nanosecond(s)

NTFS

NT File System

NVRAM

nonvolatile random-access memory

OS/2®

Operating System/2

OTP

one-time programmable

PAL

programmable array logic

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PGA

pin grid array

POST

power-on self-test

ppm

pages per minute

PQFP

plastic quad flat pack

PS/2

Personal System/2

PVC

polyvinyl chloride

QIC

quarter-inch cartridge

RAID

redundant arrays of independent disks

RAM

random-access memory

RAMDAC

random-access memory digital-to-analog converter

RCU

Resource Configuration Utility

REN

ringer equivalence number

RFI

radio frequency interference

RGB

red/green/blue

ROM

read-only memory

rpm

revolutions per minute

RTC

real-time clock

SCA

Single Controller Architecture

SDS

Scalable Disk System

sec

second(s)

SEC

single-edge contact

SDRAM

synchronous dynamic random-access memory

SMB

server management bus

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SRAM

static random-access memory

SVGA

super video graphics array

TFT

thin film transistor

tpi

tracks per inch

TSR

terminate-and-stay-resident

UMB

upper memory block

UPS

uninterruptible power supply

USOC

Universal Service Ordering Code

V

volt(s)

VAC

volt(s) alternating current

VDC

volt(s) direct current

VESA®

Video Electronics Standards Association

VGA

video graphics array

VLSI

very-large-scale integration

VRAM

video random-access memory

W

watt(s)

WH

watt-hour(s)

XMM

extended memory manager

XMS

eXtended Memory Specification

ZIF

zero insertion force

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