SNMP Reference Guide

Glossary 731
LED
Abbreviation for light-emitting diode. An electronic device that lights up when a
current is passed through it.
local bus
On a computer with local-bus expansion capability, certain peripheral devices
(such as the video adapter circuitry) can be designed to run much faster than they
would with a traditional expansion bus. Some local-bus designs allow peripherals
to run at the same speed and with the same width data path as the computer’s
microprocessor.
LPTn
The device names for the first through third parallel printer ports on your
computer are LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3.
LRA
Acronym for local response agent.
m
Abbreviation for meter(s).
mA
Abbreviation for milliampere(s).
mAh
Abbreviation for milliampere-hour(s).
math coprocessor
See coprocessor.
Mb
Abbreviation for megabit.
MB
Abbreviation for megabyte(s). The term megabyte means 1,048,576 bytes;
however, when referring to hard-drive storage, the term is often rounded to mean
1,000,000 bytes.
MB/sec
Abbreviation for megabytes per second.
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