Technical data

Preface
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Abbreviation Meaning
IRQ Interrupt requests
ISA Industry standard architecture
JBOD Just a bunch of disks
KBC Keyboard controller
LCD Liquid crystal display
LPT Line printer (parallel port)
LVD Low voltage differential
MB Megabyte
MMX Multimedia enhancement technology
MS-DOS Microsoft disk operating system
NIC Network interface card
NOS Network operating system
NVRAM Non-volatile random access memory
OCP Operator control panel
PCI Peripheral component interconnect
POST Power-on self test
PPB PCI-to-PCI bridge
RAID Redundant array of independent disks
RAM Random access memory
ROM Read only memory
RSM Remote server manager
RTC Real-time clock
SBB Storage building block
SCSI Small computer system interface
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