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LOSSARY
Terminology
Description
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification
AHCI
Advanced Host Controller Interface.
APIC
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller.
ASF
Alert Standard Format.
BGA
Ball Grid Array
BIST
Built‐in self test
BMC
Base Board Management Controller
BSCAN
Boundary Scan Connector
BSP
Boot Strap Processor
DDR3
Third generation Double Data Rate SDRAM memory technology.
DMA
Direct Memory Access.
DMI
Direct Media Interface.
DMTF
The international organization responsible for managing and maintaining the
ASF specification.
DTS
Digital Thermal Sensor
ECC
Error Correcting Code
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory. A non‐volatile memory located on
the LAN controller that is directly accessible from the host
EHCI
Enhanced Host Controller Interface.
EMI
Electromagnetic Interface
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
GB/s
Gigabytes per second(1000Mbytes per second)
Gb/s
Gigabits per second(1000Mbits per second)
GT/s
Giga‐transfers per second
I2C
Inter‐integrated circuit
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
IIO
Integrated I/O Controller.
ILM
Independent Loading Mechanism.
IMC
Integrated Memory Controller.
IOV
I/O virtualization.
IPMB
Intelligent Platform Management Bus
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
