Abbreviations and Acronyms

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 400SC Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

A

ampere(s)

AC

alternating current

AGP

Advanced Graphics Port

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APIC

advanced programmable interrupt controller

APM

advanced power management

BIOS

basic input/output system

C

Celsius

CD

compact disc

cm

centimeter(s)

CMOS

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

CPU

central processing unit

DC

direct current

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIMM

dual in-line memory module

DMA

direct memory access

DMI

desktop management interface

dpi

dots per inch

DRAM

dynamic random-access memory

ECC

error checking and correction

EDO

extended-data out

EGA

enhanced 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

ft

feet

g

gram(s)

GB

gigabyte(s)

GUI

graphical user interface

Hz

hertz

I/O

input/output

ID

identification

IDE

integrated drive electronics

IPX

Internet Packet eXchange

IRQ

interrupt request

KB

kilobyte(s)

KB/sec

kilobyte(s) per second

kg

kilogram(s)

kHz

kilohertz

L2

Level 2

LAN

local area network

lb

pound(s)

LED

light-emitting diode

LVD

low voltage differential

m

meter(s)

mA

milliampere(s)

mAh

milliampere-hour(s)

MB

megabyte(s)

MHz

megahertz

mm

millimeter(s)

ms

millisecond(s)

MS-DOS®

Microsoft® Disk Operating System

mV

millivolt(s)

NAS

network attached storage

NIC

network interface controller

NIS

network information service

NiCad

nickel cadmium

NMI

nonmaskable interrupt

ns

nanosecond(s)

NTFS

NT File System

NVRAM

nonvolatile random-access memory

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PDU

power distribution unit

PGA

pin grid array

POST

power-on self-test

RAC

remote access controller

RAID

redundant array of independent disks

RAM

random-access memory

RGB

red/green/blue

ROM

read-only memory

rpm

revolutions per minute

RTC

real-time clock

SATA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SCA

Single Controller Architecture

sec

second(s)

SDRAM

synchronous dynamic random-access memory

SMB

system management bus

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SDRAM

synchronous dynamic random-access memory

TBU

tape backup unit

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

UART

universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter

UPS

uninterruptible power supply

UTP

unshielded twisted pair

V

volt(s)

VAC

volt(s) alternating current

VDC

volt(s) direct current

VGA

video graphics array

VRAM

video random-access memory

W

watt(s)

WH

watt-hour(s)

ZIF

zero insertion force

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