User's Manual

Glossary 187
EMI
Abbreviation for electromagnetic interference.
EMM
Abbreviation for expanded memory manager. A utility
that uses extended memory to emulate expanded
memory on computers with an Intel386
™
or
higher microprocessor.
EMS
Abbreviation for Expanded Memory Specification.
EPP
Abbreviation for Enhanced Parallel Port which provides
improved bidirectional data transmission. Many devices
are designed to take advantage of the EPP standard,
especially devices, such as network or SCSI adapters that
connect to the parallel port of a portable computer.
EPROM
Acronym for erasable programmable read-only memory.
ERA
Acronym for embedded remote access.
ERA/O
Acronym for embedded remote access option.
ESD
Abbreviation for electrostatic discharge.
ESM
Acronym for embedded server management.
expanded memory
A technique for accessing RAM above 1 MB. To enable
expanded memory on your computer, you must use an
EMM. You should configure your system to support
expanded memory only if you run application programs
that can use (or require) expanded memory.
expansion bus
Your computer contains an expansion bus that allows
the microprocessor to communicate with controllers
for peripheral devices, such as a network card or an
internal modem.
expansion-card connector
A connector on the computer's system board or riser
board for plugging in an expansion card.
extended memory
RAM above 1 MB. Most software that can use it, such
as the Windows operating system, requires that
extended memory be under the control of an XMM.
external cache memory
A RAM cache using SRAM chips. Because SRAM chips
operate at several times the speed of DRAM chips, the
microprocessor can retrieve data and instructions faster
from external cache memory than from RAM.
F
Abbreviation for Fahrenheit.
FAT
Acronym for file allocation table. The file system
structure used by MS-DOS to organize and keep track
of file storage. The Windows NT
®
operating systems
(and later Windows versions) can optionally use a FAT
file system structure.
FCC
Abbreviation for Federal Communications
Commission.
FEPROM
Acronym for Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only
Memory. Flash memory is a kind of nonvolatile storage
device similar to EEPROM, but the erasing is done only
in blocks or the entire chip.
FiFO
Abbreviation for first-in, first-out. In computer
programming, FIFO (first-in, first-out) is an approach
to handling program work requests from queues or
stacks so that the oldest request is handled next