Users Guide

364 Glossary
NIC
Abbreviation for network interface card. An adapter circuit board installed in a
computer to provide a physical connection to a network.
OID
Abbreviation for Object Identifiers.
PCI
Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect, which is a standard
interface and bus technology for connecting peripherals to a system and for
communicating with those peripherals.
POST
Acronym for power-on self-test, which is a sequence of diagnostic tests that are
run automatically by a system when it is powered on.
PPP
Abbreviation for Point-to-Point Protocol, which is the Internet standard protocol
for transmitting network layer datagrams (such as IP packets) over serial point-
to-point links.
RAM
Acronym for random-access memory. RAM is general-purpose readable and
writable memory on systems and the DRAC 5.
RAM disk
A memory-resident program which emulates a hard drive. The DRAC 5 maintains
a RAM disk in its memory.
RAC
Abbreviation for remote access controller.
ROM
Acronym for read-only memory, which is memory from which data may be read,
but to which data cannot be written.
RPM
Abbreviation for Red Hat Package Manager, which is a package-management
system for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system that helps installation
of software packages. It is similar to an installation program.