Digital Equipment AlphaStation 500 Series, User Information

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Preface
AlphaStation 500 Series User Information xv
Abbreviations
This guide uses the following abbreviations:
Abbreviation Meaning
AC alternating current
amp ampere
ARC advanced RISC computing (Windows NT console)
ARCINST ARC installation program
C Celsius
CD compact disc
CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory
CEE International Commission for Conformity Certification of
Electrical Equipment
CFG configuration file
cm centimeters
CPU central processing unit
CSA Canadian Standards Association
DC direct current
DIMMs dual in-line memory modules
DMA direct memory access
DRAM dynamic random-access memory
ECU EISA configuration utility
EISA extended industry-standard architecture
FDI Floppy Drive Interconnect
flashROM electrically erasable, rewriteable, nonvolatile memory
ft feet
GB gigabyte
Hz hertz
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
I/O input/output
IRQ interrupt request
ISA industry-standard architecture
ISACFG ISA configuration file
ISO International Organization for Standardization