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expansion-card connector - A connector on the system board or riser board for plugging in an expansion card. F - Fahrenheit. FAT - File allocation table. The file system structure used by MS-DOS to organize and keep track of file storage. The Microsoft® Windows® operating systems can optionally use a FAT file system structure. Fibre Channel - A high-speed network interface used primarily with networked storage devices. flash memory - A type of electronic chip that can be programmed and reprogrammed using a software utility. FSB - Front-side bus. The FSB is the data path and physical interface between the processor and the main memory (RAM). FTP - File transfer protocol. g - Gram(s). G - Gravities. Gb - Gigabit(s); 1024 megabits or 1,073,741,824 bits. GB - Gigabyte(s); 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is usually rounded to 1,000,000,000 bytes. graphics mode - A video mode that can be defined as x horizontal by y vertical pixels by z colors. host adapter - A controller that implements communication between the system's bus and the peripheral device, typically a storage device. hot-plug - The ability to insert or install a device, typically a hard drive or an internal cooling fan, into the host system while the system is powered on and running. Hz - Hertz. I/O - Input/output. A keyboard is an input device, and a monitor is an output device. In general, I/O activity can be differentiated from computational activity. IDE - Integrated drive electronics. A standard interface between the system board and storage devices. iDRAC - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. A remote access controller that uses the Internet SCSI protocol. InfiniBand - InfiniBand offers point-to-point bidirectional serial links intended for connection of processors with high-speed peripherals. IP - Internet Protocol. IPv6 - Internet Protocol version 6. 3

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expansion-card connector
— A connector on the system board or riser board for
plugging in an expansion card.
F
— Fahrenheit.
FAT
— File allocation table. The file system structure used by MS-DOS to organize
and keep track of file storage. The Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating systems can
optionally use a FAT file system structure.
Fibre Channel
— A high-speed network interface used primarily with networked
storage devices.
flash memory
— A type of electronic chip that can be programmed and
reprogrammed using a software utility.
FSB
— Front-side bus. The FSB is the data path and physical interface between the
processor and the main memory (RAM).
FTP
— File transfer protocol.
g
— Gram(s).
G
— Gravities.
Gb
— Gigabit(s); 1024 megabits or 1,073,741,824 bits.
GB
— Gigabyte(s); 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes. However, when referring
to hard-drive capacity, the term is usually rounded to 1,000,000,000 bytes.
graphics mode
— A video mode that can be defined as
x
horizontal by
y
vertical pixels
by
z
colors.
host adapter
— A controller that implements communication between the system’s
bus and the peripheral device, typically a storage device.
hot-plug
— The ability to insert or install a device, typically a hard drive or an internal
cooling fan, into the host system while the system is powered on and running.
Hz
— Hertz.
I/O
— Input/output. A keyboard is an input device, and a monitor is an output device.
In general, I/O activity can be differentiated from computational activity.
IDE
— Integrated drive electronics. A standard interface between the system board
and storage devices.
iDRAC
— Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. A remote access controller that
uses the Internet SCSI protocol.
InfiniBand
— InfiniBand offers point-to-point bidirectional serial links intended for
connection of processors with high-speed peripherals.
IP
— Internet Protocol.
IPv6
— Internet Protocol version 6.