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6 Dell PowerEdge 6300 Systems User’s Guide
system resources from a corresponding
EISA configuration file.
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Abbreviation for Electromagnetic
Compatibility.
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Abbreviation for electromagnetic
interference.
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Abbreviation for expanded memory
manager. A software utility that uses ex-
tended memory to emulate expanded
memory on computers with an Intel386
™
or higher microprocessor. See also conven-
tional memory, expanded memory,
extended memory, memory manager,
and XMM.
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Abbreviation for Expanded Memory Spec-
ification. See also expanded memory,
memory manager, and XMS.
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Acronym for erasable programmable
read-only memory.
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Abbreviation for electrostatic discharge.
Refer to “Safety Instructions” at the front
of your
User’s Guide
for a complete discus-
sion of ESD.
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Acronym for enhanced small-device
interface.
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A technique for accessing RAM above
1 MB. To enable expanded memory on
your computer, you must use an EMM.
You should configure your system to sup-
port expanded memory only if you run
application programs that can use (or
require) expanded memory. See also
conventional memory, EMM, extended
memory, and memory manager.
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Your computer contains an expansion bus
that allows the microprocessor to com-
municate with controllers for peripheral
devices, such as a network card or an in-
ternal modem.
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A connector on the computer’s system
board for plugging in an expansion card.
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RAM above 1 MB. Most software that can
use it, such as Windows, requires that ex-
tended memory be under the control of
an XMM. See also conventional memory,
expanded memory, memory manager,
and XMM.
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A RAM cache using SRAM chips. Be-
cause SRAM chips operate at several
times the speed of DRAM chips, the
microprocessor can retrieve data and in-
structions faster from external cache
memory than from RAM.
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Abbreviation for Fahrenheit.
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Acronym for file allocation table. The file
system structure used by MS-DOS to or-
ganize and keep track of file storage. The
Microsoft Windows NT
®
operating sys-
tem can optionally use a FAT file system
structure.
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Abbreviation for Federal Communications
Commission.
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A type of EEPROM chip that can be re-
programmed from a utility on diskette
while still installed in a computer; most
EEPROM chips can only be rewritten with
special programming equipment.
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To prepare a hard-disk drive or diskette for
storing files. An unconditional format de-
letes all data stored on the disk. The
format command in MS-DOS 5.0 or higher
includes an option that allows you to unfor-
mat a disk, if you have not yet used the disk
for file storage.