List of abbreviations
D.1 Abbreviations
SIMATIC IPC677E
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Operating Instructions, 04/2019, A5E45117996-AA
Abbreviation
Term
Meaning
DVD
Digital Versatile Disk
Digital versatile disk
DVI / DVI-D
Digital Visual Interface
Digital display interface without VGA signals
DVI-I
Digital Visual Interface
Digital display interface with digital and VGA
signals
ECC
Error checking and correction
Error correction code
EFI
Extensible Firmware Interface
ESD
Electrostatic-sensitive components
EN
European standard
ESC
Escape character
Control character
GND
Ground
Chassis ground
HD
Hard disk
Hard disk
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
Hard disk drive
Hardware
Hardware
I/O
Input/Output
Data input/output on computers
IDE
Integrated Device Electronics
IEC
International Electronical Commission
IP
Ingress Protection
Degree of protection
IRQ
Interrupt Request
Interrupt request
KVM
Keyboard Video Mouse
Keyboard video mouse bypass
LAN
Local Area Network
Computer network that is limited to a local area.
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
Liquid crystal display
LED
Light Emitting Diode
Light emitting diode
LPT
Line Printer
Printer port
MAC
Media access control
Media access control
MLFB
Machine-readable product designation
MUI
Multilanguage User Interface
Multilanguage operating system with Windows
with language toggling; 5 languages: German,
English, French, Spanish and Italian
NC
Not Connected
Not connected
NEMA
National Electrical Manufacturers Associa-
tion
Syndicate of manufacturers of electrical compo-
nents in the USA
NVRAM
Non Volatile Random Access Memory
Non-volatile data memory. Data memory is re-
tained without external power supply.
OPC
OLE for Process Control
Standardized interface for industrial processes
PC
Personal computer
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
High-speed expansion bus
PCIe
Peripheral Component Interconnect ex-
press
High-speed serial, differential full-duplex PtP
interface with high data rate.
PG
Programming device
PIC
Programmable Interrupt Controller
Programmable interrupt controller
POST
Power On Self Test
PXE
Preboot Execution Environment
Software for running new PCs without hard disk
data via the network