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Appendix A: List of Acronyms
Table 26: List of Acronyms
BIOS
Basic Input Output System
BSP
Board Support Package
CAN
Controller-area network
Carrier
Board
Application specific circuit board that
accepts a COM Express ® module
COM
Computer-on-Module
DDC
Display Data Control
DDI
Digital Display Interface –
DDIO
Digital Display Input/Output
DIMM
Dual In-line Memory Module
DP
DisplayPort
(digital display interface standard)
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
ECC
Error Checking and Correction
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read-Only Memory
eDP
Embedded Display Port
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
ESD
Electro Sensitive Device
FAT
File Allocation Table
FIFO
First In First Out
Gb
Gigabit
GBE
Gigabit Ethernet
GPI
General Purpose Input
GPIO
General Purpose Input Output
GPO
General Purpose Output
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
HBR2
High Bitrate 2
HDA
High Definition Audio (HD Audio)
HD/HDD
Hard Disk /Drive
HDMI
High Definition Multimedia Interface
HWM
Hardware Monitor
I2C
Inter integrated Circuit Communications
IOT
Internet of Things
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
LAN
Local Area Network
LPC
Low Pin-Count Interface:
LPT
Line Printing Terminal
LSB
Least Significant Bit
LVDS
Low Voltage Differential Signaling –
M.A.R.S.
Mobile Application for Rechargeable
Systems
MIPI
Mobile Industry processor Industry
MTBF
Mean Time Before Failure
NA
Not Available
NC
Not Connected
NCSI2
Network Communications Services
Interface
NTC
Negative Temperature Coefficient
resistor
PCI
Peripheral Component Interface
PCIe
PCI-Express
PEG
PCI Express Graphics
SGET®
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers
Group
PHY
Ethernet controller physical layer
device
Pin-out
Type
QSEVEN® definitions for signals on
QSEVEN® Module connector pins.
PSU
Power Supply Unit
RoHS
Restriction of the use of certain
Hazardous Substances
RTC
Real Time Clock
SATA
Serial AT Attachment:
SCSI2
Small Computer System Interface
SEL
System Event Log
SoC
System on a Chip
SOL
Serial Over LAN
SPI
Serial Peripheral Inteface
SSH
Secure Shell
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver
Transmitter
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
USB
Universal Serial Bus
VGA
Video Graphics Adapter
WDT
WatchDog Timer
WDOUT
WatchDog Time Out
WDTRIG
WatchDog TRigger
WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipement ( directive)