
45732 AMD 780E Databook 3.10
© 2009 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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Proprietary
Conventions and Notations
DFP
Digital Flat Panel. Monitor connection standard from VESA.
DPM
Defects per Million
DTV
Digital TV
DVD
Digital Video Disc
DVI
Digital Video Interface. Monitor connection standard from the DDWG (Digital Display Work
Group).
DVS
Digital Video Stream
EPROM
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
FIFO
First In, First Out
FPDI
Flat Panel Display Interface
GDI
Graphics Device Interface
GND
Ground
GPIO
General Purpose Input/Output
HDCP
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
HDMI
High Definition Multimedia Interface
HDTV
High Definition TV. The 1920x1080 and the 1280x720 modes defined by ATSC.
HPD
Hot Plug Detect
iDCT
inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
IDDQ
Direct Drain Quiescent Current
IGP
Integrated Graphics Processor. A single device that integrates a graphics processor and a
system controller.
JTAG
Joint Test Access Group. An IEEE standard.
LVDS
Low Voltage Differential Signaling
MB
Mega Byte
MPEG
Motion Pictures Experts Group. Refers to compressed video image streams in either MPEG-1
or MPEG-2 formats.
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee. The standard definition TV system used in North
America and other areas.
PAL
Phase Alternate Line. The standard definition TV system used in Europe and other areas.
PCI
Peripheral Component Interface
PCI-E
PCI Express
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. It is also the name of a standard
for PC peripherals promoted by the Association.
PLL
Phase Locked Loop
POST
Power On Self Test
PD
Pull-down Resistor
PU
Pull-up Resistor
ROP
Raster Operation
SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic RAM
TMDS
Transition Minimized Differential Signaling
UMA
Unified Memory Architecture
UV
Chrominance (also CrCb). Corresponds to the color of a pixel.
UVD
Unified Video Decoder
UXGA
Ultra Extended Graphics Array
VBI
Vertical Blank Interval
VESA
Video Electronics Standards Association
VGA
Video Graphics Adapter
VRM
Voltage Regulation Module
Table 1-4 Acronyms and Abbreviations (Continued)
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