Dell Precision WorkStation 210, User Manual

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Glossary 5
'0$
Abbreviation for direct memory access. A
DMA channel allows certain types of data
transfer between RAM and a device to
bypass the microprocessor.
'0,
Abbreviation for Desktop Management
Interface. DMI enables the management
of your computer system’s software and
hardware. DMI collects information about
the system’s components, such as the
operating system, memory, peripherals,
expansion cards, and asset tag.
Information about the system’s
components is displayed as a MIF file or
through the Dell Inspector program.
'07)
Abbreviation for Desktop Management
Task Force, a consortium of companies
representing hardware and software
providers, of which Dell Computer
Corporation is a member.
GSL
Abbreviation for dots per inch.
'306
Abbreviation for Display Power
Management Signaling. A standard
developed by the Video Electronics
Standards Association (VESA
®
) that
defines the hardware signals sent by a
video controller to activate power
management states in a monitor. A
monitor is said to be DPMS-compliant
when it is designed to enter a power
management state after receiving the
appropriate signal from a computer’s
video controller.
'5$0
Abbreviation for dynamic random-access
memory. A computer’s RAM is usually
made up entirely of DRAM chips.
Because DRAM chips cannot store an
electrical charge indefinitely, your
computer continually refreshes each
DRAM chip in the computer.
GULYHW\SHQXPEHU
Your computer can recognize a number of
specific hard-disk drives. Each is assigned
a drive-type number that is stored in
NVRAM. The hard-disk drive(s) specified
in your computer’s System Setup
program must match the actual drive(s)
installed in the computer. The System
Setup program also allows you to specify
physical parameters (logical cylinders,
logical heads, cylinder number, and logical
sectors per pack) for drives not included
in the table of drive types stored in
NVRAM.
'63
Abbreviation for digital signal processing.
'7(
Abbreviation for data terminal equipment.
Any device, such as a computer system,
that can send data in digital form by
means of a cable or communications line.
The DTE is connected to the cable or
communications line through a data
communications equipment (DCE)
device, such as a modem.
(&&
Abbreviation for error checking and
correction.
(&3
Abbreviation for Extended Capabilities
Port.
((3520
Acronym for electrically erasable
programmable read-only memory.
(,'(
Abbreviation for enhanced integrated
drive electronics. EIDE devices add one
or more of the following enhancements
to the traditional IDE standard:
‡
Data transfer rates of up to
16 MB/sec
‡
Support for drives other than just
hard-disk drives, such as CD-ROM
and tape drives
‡
Support for hard-disk drives with
capacities greater than 528 MB
‡
Support for up to two controllers,
each with up to two devices
attached