Glossary of abbreviations
A
AC.
Alternating Current
ARP.
Address Resolution Protocol
B
BIOS.
Basic Input / Output System
BOM.
Bill of Material
BOOTP.
Bootstrap Protocol
C
CD.
Compact Disc
CMOS.
Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CRU.
Customer-Replaceable Unit
D
DBCS.
Double Byte Character Set
d.d.d.d.
IP address format
DC.
Direct Current
DDC.
Display Data Channel
DDC2B.
Display Data Channel (version 2B)
DHCP.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM.
Dual In-line Memory Module
DPMS.
Display Power Management Signaling
F
FAX.
Facsimile
FCC.
Federal Communications Commission
FTP.
File Transfer Protocol
FRU.
Field Replaceable Unit
G
GUI.
Graphical User Interface
H
HTTP.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hz.
Hertz or cycles per second
I
IBM.
International Business Machines
ICA.
Independent Computing Architecture
IDF.
Image Description File
ISO.
International Organization for Standardization
IP.
Internet Protocol
I/O.
Input/Output
J
JRE.
Java Run-Time Environment
L
LA.
Latin American
LAN.
Local Area Network
LED.
Light Emitting Diode
M
MAC.
Medium Access Control
Mb.
Megabit
MB.
Megabyte
MHz.
Megahertz
N
N70.
IBM NetVista N70 Thin Client
NFS.
Network File Server
O
OS.
Operating System
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