Specifications

PCI Peripheral component interface
PCI-X Peripheral component interconnect extended
PCIe Peripheral component interconnect express
POL Point-of-load
POSSE Pre-OS system startup environment
POST Power-On Self-Test
Q
QPI Intel QuickPath Interconnect
S
SAL System abstraction layer
SAS Serial attached SCSI
SATA Serial ATA
SBA System bus adapter
SEL System event log
SFM System fault management
SGPIO Serial general purpose input/output
SMH System management homepage
SSH Secure Shell
STM Support Tool Manager
T
ToC Transfer of control
TPM Trusted platform module
U
UART Universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter
UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, replaces EFI.
UID Unit identification
UPS Uninterruptible power supply
USB Universal serial bus
V
vMedia Virtual media
VRM Voltage regulator module
W
WBEM Web-Based enterprise management
90 Standard terms, abbreviations, and acronyms