Dell GX240 User's Guide - Page 286
chips, microprocessor, bus speed, parallel port, bytes, devices
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Local Bus A bus that allows chips and other components in the computer to access the microprocessor at a speed synchronized with the microprocessor bus speed. LPT Port Line print terminal. The typical designation for a parallel port connection to a printer or other parallel device. Most computers support one or two parallel ports designated as LPT1 and LPT2. LVD Low voltage differential. A form of SCSI interface that will be formalized in the SCSI-3 specification. LVD uses less power than the present differential drive, is less expensive, and supports the higher speeds of Ultra-2 SCSI drives. LVD requires 3.3 VDC instead of 5 VDC, the previous standard. m Meter. A measurement of length that equals 39.37 inches. mA milliAmpere. A measurement of current that equals one thousandth of an A. Mb Megabit. A measurement of memory chip capacity that equals 1024 Kb. Mbps Megabits per second. A measurement of network and modem transmission speeds that equals one million bits per second. MB Megabyte. A measurement of data storage that equals 1,048,576 bytes. 1 MB equals 1024 KB. When referring to hard drive storage, the term is often rounded to mean 1 million bytes. MBA Managed boot agent. Provides multiple PXEs and allows a computer to boot from a network server. MBps MB(s) per second. A measurement of data transmission speed. Memory Address Addresses assigned to physical memory locations by the computer at startup. These addresses allow devices and software applications to identify 34