IEI Technology tKINO-ULT3, User Manual

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ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an OS-directed
configuration, power management, and thermal management interface.
AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a SATA Host controller
register-level interface.
ATA The Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interface connects
storage devices including hard disks and CD-ROM drives to a
computer.
BIOS The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is firmware that is first run when
the computer is turned on and can be configured by the end user
CODEC The Compressor-Decompressor (CODEC) encodes and decodes
digital audio data on the system.
CMOS Complimentary metal-oxide-conductor is a type of integrated circuit
used in chips like static RAM and microprocessors.
COM COM is used to refer to serial ports. Serial ports offer serial
communication to expansion devices. The serial port on a personal
computer is usually a male DE-9 connector.
DDR Double Data Rate refers to a data bus transferring data on both the
rising and falling edges of the clock signal.
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Modules are a type of RAM that offer a 64-bit data
bus and have separate electrical contacts on each side of the module.
EHCI The Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) specification is a
register-level interface description for USB 2.0 Host Controllers.
GbE Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) is an Ethernet version that transfers data at 1.0
Gbps and complies with the
3
IEEE 802.3-2005 standard.
L1 Cache The Level 1 Cache (L1 Cache) is a small memory cache built into the
system processor.