Dell OptiPlex Gn Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide (.pdf) - Page 125

Personal Computer Memory Card, Microsoft Disk Operating System

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Abbreviation or Acronym lpi m mA mAh MB MBR MDA MGA MHz mm ms MS-DOS MTBF mV NIC NiCad NiMH NMI ns NTFS NVRAM OS/2 OTP PAL PCI Description lines per inch meter(s) milliampere(s) milliampere-hour(s) megabyte(s) master boot record monochrome display adapter monochrome graphics adapter megahertz millimeter(s) millisecond(s) Microsoft Disk Operating System mean time between failures millivolt(s) network interface controller nickel cadmium nickel-metal hydride nonmaskable interrupt nanosecond(s) NT File System nonvolatile random-access memory Operating System/2 one-time programmable programmable array logic Peripheral Component Interconnect Abbreviation or Acronym PCMCIA PGA POST ppm PQFP PS/2 PVC QIC RAM RAMDAC REN RFI RGB ROM rpm RTC SCSI sec SIMM SRAM SVGA TFT tpi TSR TV Description Personal Computer Memory Card International Association pin grid array power-on self-test pages per minute plastic quad flat pack Personal System/2 polyvinyl chloride quarter-inch cartridge random-access memory random-access memory digital-to-analog converter ringer equivalence number radio frequency interference red/green/blue read-only memory revolutions per minute real-time clock small computer system interface second(s) single in-line memory module static random-access memory super video graphics array thin film transistor tracks per inch terminate-and-stay-resident television Abbreviations and Acronyms 3

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Abbreviations and Acronyms
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lpi
lines per inch
m
meter(s)
mA
milliampere(s)
mAh
milliampere-hour(s)
MB
megabyte(s)
MBR
master boot record
MDA
monochrome display adapter
MGA
monochrome graphics adapter
MHz
megahertz
mm
millimeter(s)
ms
millisecond(s)
MS-DOS
Microsoft Disk Operating System
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
OS/2
Operating System/2
OTP
one-time programmable
PAL
programmable array logic
PCI
Peripheral Component
Interconnect
Abbreviation
or Acronym
Description
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association
PGA
pin grid array
POST
power-on self-test
ppm
pages per minute
PQFP
plastic quad flat pack
PS/2
Personal System/2
PVC
polyvinyl chloride
QIC
quarter-inch cartridge
RAM
random-access memory
RAMDAC
random-access memory
digital-to-analog converter
REN
ringer equivalence number
RFI
radio frequency interference
RGB
red/green/blue
ROM
read-only memory
rpm
revolutions per minute
RTC
real-time clock
SCSI
small computer system interface
sec
second(s)
SIMM
single in-line memory module
SRAM
static random-access memory
SVGA
super video graphics array
TFT
thin film transistor
tpi
tracks per inch
TSR
terminate-and-stay-resident
TV
television
Abbreviation
or Acronym
Description