AT

Advanced Technology

  • Description: type pf a PC

BIOS

Basic Input Output System

  • Notes: also known as Basic I/O Support

BIOS

Basic Input Output Support

  • Notes: also known as Basic I/O System

CPU

Central Processing Unit

DPE

Distributed Processing Environment

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk

DVI

Digital Visual Interface

  • Notes: used for DVD and videos

EIB

European Installation Bus

FDD

Floppy Disk Drive

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

HDMI

High Definition Multimedia Interface

PC

Personal Computer

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

UPNP

Universal Plug and Play

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

USB

Universal Serial Bus

XT

eXtended Technology

  • Description: type pf a PC

BIOS

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

AOL

Alert On LAN

BDA

BIOS Data Area

BPB

BIOS Parameter Block

CBIOS

Compatibility BIOS

CDS

Current Directory Structure

CM

Configuration Manager

DIB

DOS Info Block

DMI

Desktop Management Interface

EDD

Enhanced Disk Device

ESCD

Extended System Configuration Data

FWH

FirmWare Hub

ICU

ISA Configuration Utility

LWC

Last Working Configuration

MAD

Memory Address Driver strength

MPS

Multi Processor Specification

MPT

Memory Performance Technology

P2C/C2P

PCI to CPU / CPU to PCI

P2CC2P

PCI to CPU / CPU to PCI

PME

Power Management Event

PNPBIOS

Plug and Play BIOS

POR

Power-On Reset

ROMBIOS

Read-Only Memory - BIOS

SMBIOS

System Management BIOS

ACPI

AML

ACPI Machine Language

DSDT

Differentiated System Description Table

FACS

Firmware ACPI Control Structure

FADT

Fixed ACPI Description Table

MADT

Multiple APIC Description Table

RSDP

Root System Description Pointer

RSDT

Root System Description Table

SRAT

Static Resource Affinity Table

STD

Suspend To Disk

CPU

ALU

Arithmetic and Logic Unit

ATC

Address Translation Cache

BHT

Branch History Table

BPU

Branch Prediction Unit

BPU

Branch Processing Unit

BTB

Branch Target Buffer

BTLB

Block Translation Look-aside Buffer

CBGA

Ceramic Ball and Grid Array

CLIW

Configurable Long Instruction Word

COS

Clip On Socket

CPGA

Ceramic Pin Grid Array

CPUID

Central Processing Unit IDentifier

D-VID

Dynamic - Voltage IDentification

DSDC

Data Segment Descriptor Cache

EA

Effective Address

EBGA

Enhanced Ball Grid Array

ECC

Error Correction Circuit

EIEIO

Enforce In-order Execution of Input/Output

EPIC

Explicit Parallelism Instruction Computing

ESDC

Extra Segment Descriptor Cache

FC-PGA

Flip Chip Pin Grid Array

FLOPS

FLoating-point Operations Per Second

FPBGA

Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array

FPU

Floating Point Unit

FRF

Floatingpoint Register File

FXU

FiXed point Unit

GFLOPS

Giga FLoating-point Operations Per Second

GIPS

Giga Instructions Per Second

GPR

General Purpose Register

HT

Hyper-Threading

HTC

Hardware Thermal Controller

ICU

Instruction Cache Unit

IDTRC

Interrupt Descriptor Table Register Cache

IFP

Instruction Fetch Pipeline

IHS

Integrated Heat Spreader

ILP

Instruction Level Parallelism

IPI

Inter-Processor Interrupt

IPS

Instructions Per Second

ISA

Instruction Set Architecture

IU

Integer Unit

JTB

Jump Trace Buffer

LDT

Local Descriptor Table

LDTRC

Local Descriptor Table Register Cache

LIW

Long Instruction Word

MCM

MultiChip Module

MFLOPS

Million FLoating-point Operations Per Second

MIMD

Multiple Instruction (stream), Multiple Data (stream)

MIPS

Million Instructions Per Second

MISD

Multiple Instruction (stream), Single Data (stream)

MMX

MultiMedia eXtensions

MTRR

Memory Type Range Register

MVI

Motion Video Instructions

NCL

Null Convention Logic

NSP

Native Signal Processing

OBGA

Organic Ball Grid Array

OEP

Operand Execution Pipelines

OOO

Out Of Order

OPS

Operations Per Second

PCR

Processor Configuration Register

PGA

Pin Grid Array

PM

Protected Mode

POEP

Primary Operand Execution Pipeline

PPGA

Plastic Pin Grid Array

PQFP

Plastic Quad Flat Package

RA

Real Address

RIP

Return Instruction Pointer

RISC

Reduced Instruction Set Code

RPP

Relative Processor Performance

SCU

System Control Unit

SDQ

Store Data Queue

SECC

Single Edge Connector Case

SFP

Saved Frame Pointer

SIMD

Single Instruction (stream), Multiple Data (stream)

SISD

Single Instruction (stream), Single Data (stream)

SMM

System Management Mode

SMT

Simultaneous MultiThreading

SQFP

Shrink Quad Flat Package

SSDC

Stack Segment Descriptor Cache

TCP

Tape Carrier Package

TDP

Thermal Design Power

TFLOPS

Tera FLoating-point Operations Per Second

TIM

Thermal Interface Material

TLB

Translation Lookaside Buffer

TLP

Thread Level Parallelism

TSSDC

Task State Segment Descriptor Cache

VID

Voltage IDentification

VLIW

Very Long Instruction Word

ZISC

Zero Instruction Set Computer

DVD

AR

Aperture Ratio

BEC

Back-End-Chip

  • Notes: used for DVR

BLERA

BLock Error Rate After

BLERB

BLock Error Rate Before

BUP

Buffer Underrun Protection

DC

Data-to-Clock

DIVX

DIgital Video eXpress

DL

Double Layer

DVD+MRW

DVDisk + Mount rainier ReWritable

DVD+R

DVDisk + Recordable

DVD+RW

DVDisk + ReWritable

DVD-R

DVDisk - Recordable

DVD-R(A)

DVDisk - Read (Authoring)

DVD-R(G)

DVDisk - Read (General use)

DVD-RAM

DVDisk Random Access Memory

DVD-ROM

DVDisk Read Only Memory

DVD-RW

DVDisk - ReWritable

FE

Focus Error

GOP

Group Of Pictures

LPPB

Land Pre Pit level Before

MLP

Meridian Lossless Packaging

MMVF

MultiMedia Video File

PCRW

Phase Change ReWritable

PGC

ProGram Chain

PIF

Parity Inner Failure

POF

Parity Outer Failure

PPB

Push Pull Before

PPB-DV

Push Pull Before

PWM

Pulse Width Modulation

PWP

Phase Wobble Pre-pit

RCE

Regional Code Enhancement

RPC

Region Playback Control

RPC-2

Region code Playback Control phase 2

RRO

Radial Run Out

SDX

Storage Data ACceleration

TDF

Title Definition Format

THAMA

Trident Hardware-Assisted MPEG-2/AC-3

ZCLV

Zoned Constant Linear Velocity

FDD

2S2D

Double Sided, Double Density

DD

Double Density

DMF

Distribution Media Format

DS

Double Sided

FDC

Floppy Disk Controller

SS

Single Sided

SS/DD

Single-Sided, Double-Density

SS/SD

Single-Sided, Single-Density

SSDD

Single-Sided, Double-Density

SSSD

Single-Sided, Single-Density

HDD

AAM

Automatic Acoustic Management

AFC

AntiFerromagnetically Coupled

AFM

Atomic Force Microscopy

AFR

Annualized Failure Rate

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

ATAPI

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface

ATASPI

Advanced Technology Attachment Software Programming Interface

BPI

Bits Per Inch

CAC

Cantilver Array Chip

CAV

Constant Angular Velocity

CHS

Cylinder Head Sectors

CIB

Collective Intelligent Brick

CSEL

Cable SELect

DASP

Drive Active, Slave Present

DDO

Dynamic Drive Overlay

DFT

Drive Fitness Test

DIO

Direct Input Output

DPB

Drive Parameter Block

DRPM

Dynamic Rotations Per Minute

EIDE

Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

FPI

Flux Changes per Inch

GLTSD

Global Logging Target Save Disabled

HISAM

Hierarchical Indexed Sequential Access Method

IB

In Band

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics

IE

Informal Exceptions

JBOD

Just a Bunch Of Disks

LBA

Logical Block Addressing

LVM

Logical Volume Manager

MR

Magneto - Resistive

MRX

MagnetoResistive eXtended

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure

NAS

Network Attached Storage

NDAS

Network Direct Attached Storage

NSD

Network Shared Disk

PFA

Predictive Failure Analysis

PRML

Partial Response - Maximum Likelihood

PV

Physical Volume

RAFF

Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent / Inexpensive Disks

SATA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface

SMART

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology

SSD

Solid State Disk

ST

Seagate Technology

TPI

Tracks Per Inch

ZCR

Zero Channel RAID

RAID

ADG

Advanced Data Guarding

DNA

Direct Network Attach

DP

Double Parity

EMRL

EMbedded RAID Logic

ENF

Embedded NAS Firmware

MRO-MB

Modular RAID On MotherBoard

MROMB

Modular RAID On MotherBoard

RAIDIOS

RAID I/O Steering

RE

RAID Edition

ROC

RAID On a Chip

ROMB

RAID On MotherBoard

TLER

Time Limited Error Recovery

SATA

AHCI

Advanced Host Controller Interface

PM

Port Multiplier

PS

Port Selector

STP

SATA Tunneling Protocol

SCSI

ASA

Advanced SCSI Architecture

ASCSI

Advanced Small Computer Systems Interface

ASI

Asynchronous SCSI Interface

ASPI

Advanced SCSI Programming Interface

ASPIC

Advanced SCSI Programmable Interrupt Controller

BDR

Bus Device Request

CAM

Common Access Method

CCS

Common Command Set

DCB

Disk Coprocessor Board

DDS

Direct Digital Sampling

EASI

Enhanced Asynchronous SCSI Interface

FCP

(SCSI-3) Fibre Channel Protocol

GPP

(SCSI-3) Generic Packetized Protocol

HBA

Host Bus Adapter

HVD

High Voltage Differential

ISCSI

Internet Small Computer Systems Interface

LIP

Loop Initialization Primitive

LUN

Logical Unit Number

LVD

Low Voltage Differential

SAFTE

SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclose

SAM

SCSI-3 Architecture Model

SBC

SCSI Block Commands

SBP

SCSI-3 serial Bus Protocol

SCAM

SCSI Configured AutoMatically

SCC

SCSI Controller Commands

SDMS

SCSI Device Management System

SES

SCSI Enclosure Services

SGC

SCSI Graphic Commands

SIP

SCSI-3 Interlocked Protocol

SMC

SCSI-3 Medium changer Commands

SPC

SCSI-3 Primary Commands

SPI

SCSI-3 Parallel Interface

SSC

SCSI Stream Commands

TCQ

Tagged Command Queueing

TQ

Tagged Queuing

WC

Write Cache

Memory

RAM

Random-Access Memory

ROM

Read-Only Memory