Intel Extensible Firmware Interface, Specification

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Extensible Firmware Interface Specification
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Trivial File Transport Protocol (TFTP)
A protocol used to download a Network Boot Program from a TFTP server.
Unicode
An industry standard internationalized character set used for human readable message
display.
Unicode Collation Protocol
A protocol that is used during boot services to perform case-insensitive comparisons of
Unicode strings.
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
A bi-directional, isochronous, dynamically attachable serial interface for adding
peripheral devices such as serial ports, parallel ports, and input devices on a single bus.
USB
See Universal Serial Bus .
Variable Services
The set of functions used to manage variables. Includes
GetVariable()
,
SetVariable()
, and
GetNextVariableName()
.
Virtual Memory Services
The set of functions used to manage virtual memory. Includes
SetVirtualAddressMap()
and
ConvertPointer()
.
Watchdog Timer
An alarm timer that may be set to go off. This can be used to regain control in cases
where a code path in the boot services environment fails to or is unable to return control
by the expected path.
WfM
See Wired for Management .
Wired for Management
Refers to the Wired for Management Baseline Specification . The Specification defines a
baseline for system manageability issues; its intent is to help lower the cost of computer
ownership.