60 Advantage! 9000 Series User’s Manual
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in this manual:
APM. . . . . . .Advanced power management
BIOS . . . . . .Basic input/output system
BBS . . . . . . .Bulletin board system
CD-ROM . .Compact disc, read-only memory
CGA. . . . . . .Color graphics adapter
CMOS . . . . .Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
DMA . . . . . .Direct memory access
DPMS . . . . .Display power-management signaling
DOS. . . . . . .Disk operating system
DRAM. . . . .Dynamic random-access memory
ECP . . . . . . .Extended Capabilities Port
EGA . . . . . . .Enhanced graphics adapter
EPP. . . . . . . .Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM . . .Erasable programmable read-only memory
Hz. . . . . . . . .Hertz
I/O . . . . . . . .Input/output
IDE. . . . . . . .Integrated drive electronics
IrDA. . . . . . .Infrared Data Association
IRQ . . . . . . .Interrupt request
ISA. . . . . . . .Industry standard architecture
KB . . . . . . . .Kilobyte
MB . . . . . . . .Megabyte
MDA . . . . . .Monochrome display adapter
MHz. . . . . . .Megahertz
PCI . . . . . . . .Peripheral Connect Interconnect
PnP. . . . . . . .Plug and Play
POST . . . . . .Power-on self test
PS/2 . . . . . . .Personal System/2
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RAM . . . . . .Random-access memory
SIMM . . . . .Single in-line memory module
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