Apple Desktop Computer Personal Computer User Manual


 
APPENDIX A
Abbreviations
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CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform
CPU central processing unit
CRM Communications Resource Manager
CRT cathode ray tube, a video display device
DAA data access adapter (a telephone line interface)
DAC digital-to-analog converter
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DMA direct memory access
EDO extended data out
EEPROM electrically eraseable programmable ROM
G3 Generation 3, the third generation of PowerPC
microprocessors, including the PPC 740 and PPC 750
GND ground
HFS hierarchical file system
HID human interface device, a class of USB devices
IC integrated circuit
IDE integrated device electronics
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
I/O input and output
IR infrared
IrDA Infrared Data Association
ISO International Organization for Standardization
JEDEC Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
JIS Japanese Industrial Standards
L1 level 1 or first level, a type of CPU cache
L2 level 2 or second level, a type of CPU cache
LED light emitting diode
Mac OS Macintosh Operating System
MESH the name of an Apple custom IC
modem modulator-demodulator, a data communications interface
for use with analog telephone lines