Compaq W4000 Manual De Usuario

Chapter 1 Introduction 

 

 
Table 1-1 lists the acronyms and abbreviations used in this guide. 

Table 1–1.   Acronyms and Abbreviations 

Table 1-1.  

Acronyms and Abbreviations 

Acronym/Abbreviation Description 
A ampere 
AC alternating 

current 

ACPI 

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface 

A/D analog-to-digital 
ADC Analog-to-digital 

converter 

AGP 

Accelerated graphics port 

API 

application programming interface 

APIC 

Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 

APM 

advanced power management 

AOL Alert-On-LAN™ 
ASIC 

application-specific integrated circuit 

AT 

1) attention (modem commands)  2) 286-based PC architecture  

ATA 

AT attachment (IDE protocol) 

ATAPI 

AT attachment w/packet interface extensions 

AVI audio-video 

interleaved 

AVGA Advanced 

VGA 

AWG 

American Wire Gauge (specification) 

BAT 

Basic assurance test 

BCD binary-coded 

decimal 

BIOS 

basic input/output system 

bis second/new 

revision 

BNC

 

 

Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector type) 

bps or b/s

 

 

bits per second 

BSP Bootstrap 

processor 

BTO

 

Built to order 

CAS 

column address strobe 

CD compact 

disk 

CD-ROM 

compact disk read-only memory 

CDS 

compact disk system 

CGA 

color graphics adapter 

Ch Channel, 

chapter 

cm centimeter 
CMC cache/memory 

controller 

CMOS 

complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor (configuration memory) 

Cntlr controller 
Cntrl control 
codec 

1. coder/decoder; 2. compressor/decompressor 

CPQ Compaq 
CPU 

central processing unit 

CRIMM 

Continuity (blank) RIMM 

CRT 

cathode ray tube 

CSM 

Compaq system management / Compaq server management 

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