Add-on modules / Upgrading
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Glossary
The technical terms and abbreviations given below represent only a selection of the full list of
common technical terms and abbreviations.
Not all technical terms and abbreviations listed here are valid for the described mainboard.
ACPI Advanced Configuration and
Power Management Interface
ISA Industrial Standard Architecture
AC'97 Audio Codec '97 LAN Local Area Network
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port LSA LAN Desk Service Agent
AMR Audio Modem Riser MCH Memory Controller Hub
AOL Alert On LAN MMX MultiMedia eXtension
APM Advanced Power Management P64H PCI64 Hub
ATA Advanced Technology
Attachment
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
BIOS Basic Input Output System PXE Preboot eXecution Environment
BMC Baseboard management
controller
RAM Random Access Memory
CAN Controller Area Network RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital
Analogue Converter
CPU Central Processing Unit RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random
Access Memory
CNR Communication Network Riser RIMM Rambus Inline Memory Module
C-RIMM Continuity Rambus Inline
Memory Module
RTC Real Time Clock
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module SB Soundblaster
ECC Error Correcting Code SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory
EEPROM Electrical Erasable
Programmable Read Only
Memory
SGRAM Synchronous Graphic Random
Access Memory
FDC Floppy disk controller SIMD Streaming Mode Instruction
(Single Instruction Multiple Data)
FIFO First-In First-Out SMBus System Management Bus
FSB Front Side Bus SVGA Super Video Graphic Adapter
FWH Firmware Hub USB Universal Serial Bus
GMCH Graphics and Memory Controller
Hub
VGA Video Graphic Adapter
GPA Graphics Performance
Accelerator
WOL Wake On LAN
I
2
C Inter Integrated Circuit
IAPC Instantly Available Power
Managed Desktop PC Design
ICH I/O Controller Hub
IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics
IPSEC Internet Protocol Security