Terminology
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A computer program that is embedded in a hardware
device like a Flash ROM. The computer’s BIOS is a
firmware.
Front Side Bus - Connection between Mobile Intel® 915
Express chipset and the CPU. Also known as the Host
interface.
Ethernet connection with a frame transfer speed up to
1000Mbit/s.
This term is used synonymously with processor
Inter-IC (a two wire serial bus created by Philips)
The I/O Controller Hub component that contains the main
PCI interface, LPC interface, USB2, Serial ATA, and other
I/O functions. It communicates with the (G)MCH over a
proprietary interconnect called DMI.
Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform, a mathematical
function used for applications like image processing
The predecessor of SATA - a parallel bus system for
connecting hard disks and other devices.
Integrated High Definition Multimedia Interface
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology - a technology to
protect programme execution against software-based
attacks.
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) for Directed
I/O - protecting virtual machines for DMA breaks (a
possible threat for data security.
Firmware
FSB
Gigabit Ethernet
Host
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ICH
iDCT
IDE
iHDMI
Intel® TxT
Intel® VT-d
