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1.7 Terminology and definitions
AC
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97 Audio Codec
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97, a standard for audio hardware codecs developed by Intel
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in 1997
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, an open industrial standard for the board
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s devices configuration and power management.
API Application Program Interface, a set of commands and functions that can be used by programmers for writing software for specific Operating
Systems
CAN Bus Controller Area network, a protocol designed for in-vehicle communication
CEC Consumer Electronics Control, an HDMI feature which allows controlling more devices connected together by using only one remote control.
CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device, a type of programmable logical device with complexity lower than that of FPGAs
CSI2 MIPI Camera Serial Interface, 2nd generation standard regulating communication between a peripheral device (camera) and a host processor
DDC Display Data Channel, a kind of I2C interface for digital communication between displays and graphics processing units (GPU)
DDR Double Data Rate, a typology of memory devices which transfer data both on the rising and on the falling edge of the clock.
DDR3 DDR, 3rd generation
DVI Digital Visual interface, a type of display video interface
FFC/FPC Flexible Flat Cable / Flat Panel Cable
FPGA Field-programmable gate array, a device designed to be fully programmed by customers in order to implement different functionalities.
GBE Gigabit Ethernet
Gbps Gigabits per second
GND Ground
GPI/O General purpose Input/Output
HD Audio High Definition Audio, most recent standard for hardware codecs developed by Intel
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in 2004 for higher audio quality
HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface, a digital audio and video interface
I2C Bus Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus, a simple serial bus consisting only of data and clock line, with multi-master capability
JTAG Joint Test Action Group, common name of IEEE1149.1 standard for testing printed circuit boards and integrated circuits through the Debug port.
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signalling, a standard for transferring data at very high speed using inexpensive twisted pair copper cables, usually used
for video applications
Mbps Megabits per second
MIPI Mobile Industry Processor Interface alliance
MMC/eMMC MultiMedia Card / embedded MMC, a type of memory card, having the same interface as the SD card. The eMMC is the embedded version of
the MMC. They are devices that incorporate the flash memories on a single BGA chip.