Advantech FWA-2112, User Manual

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Terminology Description
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification
AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
ASF Alert Standard Format
BGA Ball Grid Array
BIST Built-in self test
BMC Base Board Management Controller
BSCAN Boundary Scan Connector
BSP Boot Strap Processor
DDR4
Fourth generation Double Data Rate SDRAM memory technol -
ogy
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMI Direct Media Interface
DMTF
The international organization responsible for managing and
maintaining the ASF specification
DTS Digital Thermal Sensor
ECC Error Correcting Code
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory. A non-volatile
memory located on the LAN controller that is directly accessi -
ble from the host
EHCI Enhanced Host Controller Interface
EMI Electromagnetic Interface
ESD Electrostatic Discharge
GB/s Gigabytes per second(1000Mbytes per second)
Gb/s Gigabits per second(1000Mbits per second)
GT/s Giga-transfers per second
I2C Inter-integrated circuit
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IIO Integrated I/O Controller
ILM Independent Loading Mechanism.
IMC Integrated Memory Controller
IOV I/O virtualization
IPMB Intelligent Platform Management Bus
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
LAN Local Area Network
LPC Low Pin Count
MAC Media Access Control
MDIO
Management Data Input/Output Interface over MDC/MDIO
lines
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
NC-SI Network Controller Sideband Interface
NMC Network Mezzanine Card
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus
PCIe PCI Express
PCH Platform Controller Hub
PECI Platform Environment Control Interface