Quick Reference Guide

310 Glossary
CIM
Acronym for Common Information Model, which is a model for describing
management information from the DMTF. CIM is implementation independent,
allowing different management applications to collect the required data from a
variety of sources. CIM includes schemas for systems, networks, applications and
devices, and new schemas will be added. It provides mapping techniques for
interchange of CIM data with MIB data from SNMP agents.
CIMOM
Acronym for common information model object manager.
CI/O
Abbreviation for comprehensive input/output.
CLI
Abbreviation for command line interface.
CMOS
Acronym for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. In systems, CMOS
memory chips are often used for NVRAM storage.
command
The combination of an option and argument or just an option if no argument is
required, such as in the following command line instances:
utilname --option
utilname --option=argument
command line example
A series of valid commands, options, and arguments typed in the command line.
For example, the DTK utility name and all necessary options and arguments as
they are entered through the operating system shell:
A:>utilname --option --option=argument
COMn
The device names for the first through fourth serial ports on your system are
COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4. The default interrupt for COM1 and COM3
is IRQ4, and the default interrupt for COM2 and COM4 is IRQ3. Therefore, you
must be careful when configuring software that runs a serial device so that you
don't create an interrupt conflict.