User's Manual

Glossary 249
Plug and Play
An industry-standard specification that makes it easier to add hardware devices
to personal computers. Plug and Play provides automatic installation and
configuration, compatibility with existing hardware, and dynamic support of
mobile computing environments.
PME
Abbreviation for Power Management Event. A PME is a pin on a peripheral
component interconnect that allows a PCI device to assert a wake event.
POST
Acronym for power-on self-test. Before the operating system loads when you turn
on your computer, the POST tests various system components such as RAM,
the disk drives, and the keyboard.
power supply
An electrical system that converts AC current from the wall outlet into the
DC currents required by the computer circuitry. The power supply in a personal
computer typically generates multiple voltages.
power unit
A set of power supplies in a system chassis.
ppm
Abbreviation for pages per minute.
PQFP
Abbreviation for plastic quad flat pack, a type of microprocessor socket in which
the microprocessor chip is permanently mounted.
probe
An electronic sensor for measuring a quantity or determining system state at a
particular point within a system. Server Administrator can monitor temperature,
voltage, fan, memory, current and chassis intrusion probes. The probes provide a
snapshot of the measured quantity (such as the temperature at a particular place
and time) or state (a chassis intrusion has or has not occurred).
program diskette set
The set of diskettes from which you can perform a complete installation of an
operating system or application program. When you reconfigure a program, you
often need its program diskette set.