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List of Acronyms
The following table does not contain the complete acronyms used in signal names,
signal type definitions or similar. A description of the signals is included in the I/O Connector
and Internal connector chapters within this user guide.
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (standard that operating
systems use to perform discovery and
configuration of computer hardware
components, to perform power
management)
ADC
Analog Digital Converter
AHCI
Advanced Host Controller Interface
AMT
Active Management Technology (intel)
API
Application programming interface, a set
of
routine
definitions, protocols, and
tools for building
software and
applications
AT
Adcanced Technology // Anti-Theft
Technology
ATA
AT Attachment,
interface
standard
for
the connection of
storage
devices
ATX
Advanced Technology Extended
(motherboard configuration specification)
ADC
Analog Digital Converter
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System (type of
firmware used to perform hardware
initialization during the booting process)
BSP
Board support package ( implementation
of specific support code (software) for a
given (device motherboard) board that
conforms to a given operating system)
BTX
Balanced Technology Extended
(motherboard configuration specification)
bpp
bit per pixel
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor (technology for
constructing integrated circuits)
COM
Communication Equipment (Serial Bus)
CPU
Central Processing Unit
DAC
Digital Analog Converter
DDC
Display Data Channel
DDR3
Double Data Rate (SDRAM interface)
DirectX
Collection of application programming
interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DP
Display Port
DXVA
DirectX Video Acceleration
ECC
Error Checking and Correction
eDP
Embedded Display Port, standardized
display panel interface for internal
connections
EFI
Extensible Firmware Interface
EHCI
Enhanced Host Controller Interface
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
ESD
Electrostatic discharge
GBE
Gigabyte Ethernet
GND
Ground (Earthing)
GPIO
General-purpose input/output
HBR2
High Bit Rate (Video format)
HD
High Definition Audio (Intel)
HDD
Harddisk Drive
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
LAN
Local Area Network
LPC
Low Pin Count (Serial Bus)
LVDS
Low-voltage differential signaling
MDI
Media Dependent Interface
mITX
MiniITX (form factor for motherboards)
mPCI
Mini PCI (small form factor expansion card
utilizing serial PCI Express and USB
interfaces)
mPCIe
Mini PCI Express (a small form factor
expansion card utilizing serial PCI Express
and USB interfaces)
mSATA
Mini SATA (interface to Harddisk oder
Solid State Disks)
