Users Guide

Glossary 193
SMART
Acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. A technology
that allows hard drives to report errors and failures to the system BIOS, which
then displays an error message on the screen. To take advantage of this technology,
you must have a SMART-compliant hard drive and the proper support in the
system BIOS.
SMBIOS
Acronym for system management BIOS.
SMD
Abbreviation for surface mount device.
SMTP
Abbreviation for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SNMP
Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP, a popular
network control and monitoring protocol, is part of the original TCP/IP protocol
suite. SNMP provides the format in which vital information about different
network devices, such as network servers or routers, can be sent to a management
application.
SODIMM
Acronym for small outline-DIMM. A DIMM module with a thinner profile due
to the use of TSOP chip packages. SODIMMs are commonly used in portable
computers.
SOIC
Abbreviation for Small Outline IC, a small-dimension, plastic, rectangular,
surface mount chip package that uses gull-wing pins extending outward.
SOJ
Abbreviation for small outline package J-lead, a small-dimension, plastic,
rectangular surface mount chip package with j-shaped pins on its two long sides.
SRAM
Abbreviation for static random-access memory. Because SRAM chips do not
require continual refreshing, they are substantially faster than DRAM chips.
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