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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACPI Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface
AGP Accelerated Graphic Port
APM Advanced Power Management
ATA AT Attachment
ATAPI ATA Packet Interface
BIOS Basic I/O System
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
DDC Display Data Channel
DDC2B DDC Standard, Version 2.0, Level
B
DMA Direct Memory Access
DSTN Double Supertwisted Nematic
ECC Error Correction Code
ECP Enhanced Capabilities Port
FAT File Allocation Table
FDC Floppy Disk Drive Controller
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FIFO First In First Out
FM Frequency Modulation
fps frames per second
GSM Global System for Mobile
communications
HDC Hard Disk Drive controller
HDD Hard Disk Drive
IDE Integrated Device Electronics
IEEE Institute for Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc.
I/O Input/Output
IP Internet Protocol
IRQ Interrupt Request
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
KB Kilobyte
Kbps Kilobits per Second
KHz Kilohertz
LAN Local Area Network
LBA Logical Block Addressing
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LPT Line Printer
LVD Low Voltage Differential
MB Megabyte
Mbps Megabits per second
MHZ Megahertz
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital
Interface
MPEG Moving Picture Expert Group
NIDS Network Driver Interface
Specification
NMI Nonmaskable Interrupt
NTSC National Television System
Committee
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
PAL Phase Alternation Line
PCI Peripheral Component
Interconnect
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory
Card International Association
PIC Programmable Interrupt
Controller
PIO Programmed I/O
POST Power-On Self Test
RAM Random Access Memory
RAMDAC RAM digital-to-analog converter
RGB Red-Green-Blue
SECAM SEquential Coleur A Memoire
SCSI Small Computer System
Interface
SMBus System Management Bus
TCP/IP Transmission Control
Provocol/Internet Protocol
UART Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
USB Universal Serial Bus
V Volts
VESA Video Electronics Standards
Association
VGA Video Graphics Array
WAN Wide Area Network