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ECC
Abbreviation for error checking and correction.
ECP
Abbreviation for Extended Capabilities Port.
EEPROM
Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read-only
memory.
EIDE
Abbreviation for enhanced integrated drive electronics. EIDE
devices add one or more of the following enhancements to the
traditional IDE standard:
Data transfer rates of up to 16 MB/sec
Support for drives other than just hard-disk drives, such
as CD-ROM and tape drives
Support for hard-disk drives with capacities greater than
528 MB
Support for up to two controllers, each with up to two
devices attached
EISA
Acronym for Extended Industry-Standard Architecture, a 32-bit
expansion-bus design. The expansion-card connectors in an
EISA computer are also compatible with 8- or 16-bit ISA
expansion cards.
To avoid a configuration conflict when installing an EISA
expansion card, you must use the EISA Configuration Utility.
This utility allows you to specify which expansion slot contains
the card and obtains information about the card's required
system resources from a corresponding EISA configuration file.
EMC
Abbreviation for Electromagnetic Compatibility.
EMI
Abbreviation for electromagnetic interference.
EMM
Abbreviation for expanded memory manager. A utility that uses
extended memory to emulate expanded memory on computers
with an Intel386™ or higher processor.
instruction so that the computer understands it.
system board
As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains
most of your computer's integral components, such as the
following:
Processor
RAM
Controllers for standard peripheral devices, such as the
keyboard
Various ROM chips
Frequently used synonyms for system board are motherboard
and logic board.
system configuration information
Data stored in memory that tells a computer what hardware is
installed and how the computer should be configured for
operation.
system diskette
System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette.
system memory
System memory is a synonym for RAM.
System Setup program
A BIOS-based program that allows you to configure your
computer's hardware and customize the computer's operation
by setting such features as password protection and energy
management. Some options in the System Setup program
require that you reboot the computer (or the computer may
reboot automatically) in order to make a hardware
configuration change. Because the System Setup program is
stored in NVRAM, any settings remain in effect until you
change them again.
system.ini file
A start-up file for the Windows operating system. When you
start Windows, it consults the system.ini file to determine a
variety of options for the Windows operating environment.
Among other things, the system.ini file records which video,
mouse, and keyboard drivers are installed for Windows.
Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may
change options in the system.ini file. On other occasions, you
may need to change or add options to the system.ini file
manually with a text editor, such as Notepad.
termination
Some devices (such as the last device at each end of a SCSI
cable) must be terminated to prevent reflections and spurious