Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2500 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in Dell user documents.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, these definitions may not apply to operating systems other than Microsoft® Windows® 95 and Windows NT®.
ampere(s)
alternating current
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
analog-to-digital converter
Autodesk Device Interface
artificial intelligence
American National Standards Institute
Advanced Peripheral Interrupt Controller
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
application-specific integrated circuit
BASIC
Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
bulletin board service
basic input/output system
bits per inch
bits per second
British thermal unit
Celsius
cold cathode fluorescent tube
compact disc
compact disc read-only memory
color graphics adapter
centimeter(s)
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
collect on delivery
characters per inch
characters per line
central processing unit
digital-to-analog converter
Dell Advanced SCSI Host
digital audio tape
decibel(s)
adjusted decibel(s)
direct current
dual in-line memory module
Deutsche Industrie Norm
dual in-line package
direct memory access
Department of Communications (in Canada)
dots per inch
Dell OpenManage™ Remote Assistant Card
dynamic random-access memory
double-sided double-density
double-sided high-density
Dell SCSI Array
error checking and correction
extended-data out
enhanced graphics adapter
enhanced integrated drive electronics
electromagnetic interference
expanded memory manager
Expanded Memory Specification
Enhanced Parallel Port
erasable programmable read-only memory
electrostatic discharge
enhanced small-device interface
embedded server management
Fahrenheit
file allocation table
Federal Communications Commission
first-in first-out
feet
gram(s)
gravities
gigabyte(s)
graphical user interface
hexadecimal
Hardware Instrumentation Package
high memory area
High Performance File System
hertz
input/output
inter-chassis management bus
identification
integrated drive electronics
interrupt request
Industry-Standard Architecture
Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association
kilo- (1024)
kilobyte(s)
kilobyte(s) per second
kilobit(s)
kilobit(s) per second
kilogram(s)
kilohertz
local area network
pound(s)
liquid crystal display
light-emitting diode
low insertion force
load number
lines per inch
low voltage differential
meter(s)
milliampere(s)
milliampere-hour(s)
megabyte(s)
megabit(s)
megabit(s) per second
master boot record
monochrome display adapter
monochrome graphics adapter
megahertz
MultiMedia eXtensions
millimeter(s)
millisecond(s)
Microsoft Disk Operating System
mean time between failures
millivolt(s)
network interface controller
nickel cadmium
nickel-metal hydride
nonmaskable interrupt
Network Node Manager
nanosecond(s)
NT File System
nonvolatile random-access memory
Operating System/2
one-time programmable
programmable array logic
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
pin grid array
power-on self-test
pages per minute
plastic quad flat pack
power-supply distribution board
Personal System/2
polyvinyl chloride
quarter-inch cartridge
redundant arrays of independent disks
random-access memory
random-access memory digital-to-analog converter
Resource Configuration Utility
ringer equivalence number
radio frequency interference
red/green/blue
read-only memory
revolutions per minute
real-time clock
Single Controller Architecture
small computer system interface
Scalable Disk System
second(s)
single-edge contact
synchronous dynamic random-access memory
single in-line memory module
server management bus
Simple Network Management Protocol
static random-access memory
system setup utility
super video graphics array
thin film transistor
tracks per inch
terminate-and-stay-resident
upper memory block
uninterruptible power supply
Universal Service Ordering Code
volt(s)
volt(s) alternating current
volt(s) direct current
Video Electronics Standards Association
video graphics array
very-large-scale integration
video random-access memory
voltage regulator module
watt(s)
watt-hour(s)
extended memory manager
eXtended Memory Specification
zero insertion force