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SHB-940
Intel
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Q45 based PICMG1.3 Full Size CPU Card
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Appendix 4: Glossary
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface for short. ACPI specifications
allow OS to control most power of computer and its extended devices. Windows 98/98SE,
Windows 2000 and Windows ME are all support ACPI, it provide users a flexible system power
management.
ATX
AT extended, a motherboard layout according with modern standard replaced BabyAT. It
changes disposal of many components, and do some new high efficiency design, so it is widely
used now.
BIOS
Basic in/out system. It
’
s a kind of software including all in/out control code interface in PC. It
will do hardware testing while system booting, then system runs, it provides an interface
between OS and hardware. BIOS is stored in a ROM chip.
BUS
In a computer system, it
’
s the channels among different parts for exchanging data; it
’
s also a
group of hardware line. BUS here means part lines inside CPU and main components of
memory.
Chipset
Integrated chips for executing one or more function. Here
“
Chipset
”
means system level
chipset structured by Southbridge & Northbridge; it decides motherboard
’
s structure and main
functions.
CMOS
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor, a widely used semiconductor with the
characteristic of high speed but low power. CMOS we mention here means part of obligate
space in on-board CMOS RAM, for saving date, time, system information and system
parameter etc.