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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 700 Systems
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
A
ampere(s)
AC
alternating current
ADC
analog-to-digital converter
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
APIC
Advanced Peripheral Interrupt Controller
ASIC
application-specific integrated circuit
BIOS
basic input/output system
BMC
baseboard management controller
bpi
bits per inch
bps
bits per second
BTU
British thermal unit
C
Celsius
CD
compact disc
CGA
color graphics adapter
cm
centimeter(s)
CMOS
complementary metal oxide semiconductor
COM
communications
cpi
characters per inch
cpl
characters per line
CPU
central processing unit
DAC
digital-to-analog converter
DAT
digital audio tape
dB
decibel(s)
dBA
adjusted decibel(s)
DC
direct current
DDR
double-data rate
DIMM
dual in-line memory module
DIN
Deutsche Industrie Norm
DIP
dual in-line package
DMA
direct memory access
DOC
Department of Communications (in Canada)
dpi
dots per inch
DRAM
dynamic random-access memory
DS/DD
double-sided double-density
DS/HD
double-sided high-density
ECC
error checking and correction
EDO
extended-data out
EGA
enhanced graphics adapter
EIDE
enhanced integrated drive electronics
EMI
electromagnetic interference
EMM
expanded memory manager
EMS
Expanded Memory Specification
EPP
Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM
erasable programmable read-only memory
ESD
electrostatic discharge
ESDI
enhanced small-device interface
ESM
embedded server management
F
Fahrenheit
FAT
file allocation table
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
ft
feet
g
gram(s)
G
gravities
GB
gigabyte(s)
GUI
graphical user interface
Hz
hertz
I/O
input/output
ID
identification
IDE
integrated drive electronics
IRQ
interrupt request
K
kilo- (1024)
KB
kilobyte(s)
KB/sec
kilobyte(s) per second
Kb
kilobit(s)
Kbps
kilobit(s) per second
kg
kilogram(s)
kHz
kilohertz
LAN
local area network
lb
pound(s)
LCD
liquid crystal display
LED
light-emitting diode
LIF
low insertion force
LN
load number
lpi
lines per inch
LVD
low voltage differential
m
meter(s)
mA
milliampere(s)
mAh
milliampere-hour(s)
MB
megabyte(s)
Mb
megabit(s)
Mbps
megabit(s) per second
MBR
master boot record
MDA
monochrome display adapter
MGA
monochrome graphics adapter
MHz
megahertz
mm
millimeter(s)
ms
millisecond(s)
MTBF
mean time between failures
mV
millivolt(s)
NIC
network interface controller
NiCad
nickel cadmium
NiMH
nickel-metal hydride
NMI
nonmaskable interrupt
ns
nanosecond(s)
NTFS
NT File System
NVRAM
nonvolatile random-access memory
OTP
one-time programmable
PAL
programmable array logic
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDB
power distribution board
PDU
power distribution unit
PGA
pin grid array
PIC
personal identification code
POST
power-on self-test
ppm
pages per minute
PQFP
plastic quad flat pack
PSDB
power-supply distribution board
PS/2
Personal System/2
PXE
preboot execution environment
RAID
redundant arrays of independent disks
RAC
remote access controller
RAM
random-access memory
RCU
Resource Configuration Utility
REN
ringer equivalence number
RFI
radio frequency interference
RGB
red/green/blue
ROM
read-only memory
rpm
revolutions per minute
RTC
real-time clock
SATA
serial ATA
SBE
single bit ECC
SCSI
small computer system interface
sec
second(s)
SEC
single-edge contact
SEL
system event log
SDRAM
synchronous dynamic random-access memory
SIMM
single in-line memory module
SMB
server management bus
SMI
system management interrupt
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SRAM
static random-access memory
SVGA
super video graphics array
TFT
thin film transistor
tpi
tracks per inch
UMB
upper memory block
UPS
uninterruptible power supply
USB
universal serial bus
V
volt(s)
VAC
volt(s) alternating current
VDC
volt(s) direct current
VGA
video graphics array
VLSI
very-large-scale integration
VRAM
video random-access memory
VRM
voltage regulator module
W
watt(s)
WH
watt-hour(s)
XMM
extended memory manager
XMS
eXtended Memory Specification
ZIF
zero insertion force
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