Appendix
NPC-8208
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PATA Parallel
ATA
PC Personal
PC
PCI
Peripheral Component
Interconnect
High-speed expansion bus
PCIe
Peripheral Component
Interconnect express
High-speed serial, differential
full-duplex PtP interface with
high-speed data transmission rate
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory
Card International
Association
PI Protective
Ground
Protective
conductor
PEG
PCI Express for Graphics
PG Programming
PC
PIC
Programmable Interrupt
Controller
Programmable Interrupt
Controller
POST
Power On Self Test
PXE
Pre-boot Execution
Environment
Used to operate software without
HDD data PC via network
RAID
Redundant Arrays of
independent Disks
Redundant HDD array
RAL Restricted
Access
Location
Install device in operation
facility with restricted access
(e.g. control cabinet with lock)
RAM Random
Access
Memory
RI
Ringing Input
Call in
ROM Read-Only-Memory