Term Information
CD Compact Disc
CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data
CD-ROM CD Read-Only Memory
CGA Color Graphics Adapter (See EGA)
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CSD Corrective Service Diskette
DASD Direct Access Storage Device (hard disk)
DMA Direct Memory Access
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
ECA Engineering Change Announcement
ECC Error Correction Code
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EWS Energy Work Station
FRU Field Replaceable Unit (replaceable part)
GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus (IEEE 348)
GSA General Services Administration
Ht Height
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
IC Integrated Circuit
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IML Initial Machine Load
IPL Initial Program Load
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISDN Integrated-Services Digital Network
LAN Local Area Network
LBA Local Block Address
LTB Local Transfer Bus
LUN Logical Unit Number (refer to SCSI)
MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedure
MCGA Modified Color Graphics Adapter
MCA Micro Channel Architecture (bus structure)
MHz Mega Hertz (million cycles per second)
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MM Multimedia
N/A Not Available or Not Applicable
NDD National Distribution Division
NDIS Network Driver Interface Specification
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