Dell PowerVault MD1220 Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 62

devices such as the video adapter circuitry can be designed to run much faster than

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Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. The wire connects the pins and creates a circuit, providing a simple and reversible method of changing the circuitry in a board. K - Kilo-; 1000. Kb - Kilobit(s); 1024 bits. KB - Kilobyte(s); 1024 bytes. Kbps - Kilobit(s) per second. KBps - Kilobyte(s) per second. kg - Kilogram(s); 1000 grams. kHz - Kilohertz. KVM - Keyboard/video/mouse. KVM refers to a switch that allows selection of the system from which the video is displayed and for which the keyboard and mouse are used. LAN - Local area network. A LAN is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings, with all equipment linked by wiring dedicated specifically to the LAN. LCD - Liquid crystal display. LED - Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that lights up when a current is passed through it. LGA - Land grid array. local bus - On a system with local-bus expansion capability, certain peripheral devices (such as the video adapter circuitry) can be designed to run much faster than they would with a traditional expansion bus. See also bus. LOM - LAN on motherboard. LVD - Low voltage differential. m - Meter(s). mA - Milliampere(s). MAC address - Media Access Control address. Your system's unique hardware number on a network. mAh - Milliampere-hour(s). Mb - Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits. MB - Megabyte(s); 1,048,576 bytes. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is often rounded to mean 1,000,000 bytes. Mbps - Megabits per second. 62 Glossary

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Glossary
Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. The wire connects the pins and
creates a circuit, providing a simple and reversible method of changing the circuitry in
a board.
K
— Kilo-; 1000.
Kb
— Kilobit(s); 1024 bits.
KB
— Kilobyte(s); 1024 bytes.
Kbps
— Kilobit(s) per second.
KBps
— Kilobyte(s) per second.
kg
— Kilogram(s); 1000 grams.
kHz
— Kilohertz.
KVM
— Keyboard/video/mouse. KVM refers to a switch that allows selection of the
system from which the video is displayed and for which the keyboard and mouse are
used.
LAN
— Local area network. A LAN is usually confined to the same building or a few
nearby buildings, with all equipment linked by wiring dedicated specifically to the
LAN.
LCD
— Liquid crystal display.
LED
— Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that lights up when a current is
passed through it.
LGA
— Land grid array.
local bus
— On a system with local-bus expansion capability, certain peripheral
devices (such as the video adapter circuitry) can be designed to run much faster than
they would with a traditional expansion bus. See also
bus
.
LOM
— LAN on motherboard.
LVD
— Low voltage differential.
m
— Meter(s).
mA
— Milliampere(s).
MAC address
— Media Access Control address. Your system’s unique hardware
number on a network.
mAh
— Milliampere-hour(s).
Mb
— Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits.
MB
— Megabyte(s); 1,048,576 bytes. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity,
the term is often rounded to mean 1,000,000 bytes.
Mbps
— Megabits per second.