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7017 6300–005 Glossary–1
Glossary
A
APC
Automatic Power Control
ASIC
Application specific integrated circuit
ATM
Asynchronous transfer mode
C
CSE
Common scan engine
central processing module (CPM)
The computer hardware unit that controls and executes the instructions contained in
object code files. Also called processing module (PM) and instruction processor (IP).
channel, channel adapter
The hardware that interfaces the CMF with external I/O devices via a standard electrical
protocol for data transfer, including SCSI, MLI, FDDI, 802.3, and ATM electrical protocols.
CIOM
Common Input/Output Module
CMOS
Complimentary metal oxide semiconductor
channel manager facility (CMF)
through put enhanced channel manager unit
CSBus
Channel service bus