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SAI2 Server Board TPS Glossary Glossary This appendix contains important terms used in the preceding chapters. For ease of use, numeric entries are listed first (e.g., "82460GX") with alpha entries following (e.g., "AGP 4x"). Acronyms are then entered in their respective place, with non-acronyms following. Term ACPI API APIC BDA BIOS CMOS DIMM DMA DRAM EBDA ECC EMP ESCD FC-PGA FDC FIFO FRB FRU FSB ICH IDE I/O IPMI IPMB IRQ ISA LAN LED LSB LUN LVD MP MPS MSB MTBF NIC NMI NRTL NVRAM Definition Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Advanced Programmable Interrupt Intel Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Binary Data Area Basic Input Output System Complementary Metal-Oxide Semi-Conductor Dual In-Line Memory Module Direct Memory Access Dynamic Random Access Memory Extended BIOS Data Area Error Correcting Code Emergency Management Port Extended System Configuration Data Flip Chip Pin Grid Array Floppy Disk Controller First-In, First-Out Fault Resilient Booting Field Replaceable Unit Front Side Bus I/O Controller Hub Integrated Device Electronics Input / Output Intelligent Platform Management Interface Intelligent Platform Management Bus Interrupt Request Industry Standard Architecture Local Area Network Light Emitting Diode Least Significant Bit Logical Unit Number Low Voltage Differential Multiprocessor Intel Multi-Processor Specification Most Significant Bit Mean Time Between Failures Network Interface Card Non-Maskable Interrupt Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory Non-Volatile Random Access Memory Revision 1.0 I

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SAI2 Server Board TPS
Glossary
Revision 1.0
I
Glossary
This appendix contains important terms used in the preceding chapters.
For ease of use,
numeric entries are listed first (e.g., “82460GX”) with alpha entries following (e.g., “AGP 4x”).
Acronyms are then entered in their respective place, with non-acronyms following.
Term
Definition
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
API
Advanced Programmable Interrupt
APIC
Intel Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
BDA
Binary Data Area
BIOS
Basic Input Output System
CMOS
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semi-Conductor
DIMM
Dual In-Line Memory Module
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
EBDA
Extended BIOS Data Area
ECC
Error Correcting Code
EMP
Emergency Management Port
ESCD
Extended System Configuration Data
FC-PGA
Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
FDC
Floppy Disk Controller
FIFO
First-In, First-Out
FRB
Fault Resilient Booting
FRU
Field Replaceable Unit
FSB
Front Side Bus
ICH
I/O Controller Hub
IDE
Integrated Device Electronics
I/O
Input /
Output
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
IPMB
Intelligent Platform Management Bus
IRQ
Interrupt Request
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
LAN
Local Area Network
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LSB
Least Significant Bit
LUN
Logical Unit Number
LVD
Low Voltage Differential
MP
Multiprocessor
MPS
Intel Multi-Processor Specification
MSB
Most Significant Bit
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
NIC
Network Interface Card
NMI
Non-Maskable Interrupt
NRTL
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
NVRAM
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory