Specifications

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PREFACE
Standard Abbreviations 0
When unusual abbreviations appear in this book, the corresponding terms are
also spelled out. Standard units of measure and other widely used
abbreviations are not spelled out. Here are the standard units of measure
used in this developer note:
Here are other abbreviations used in this developer note:
A amperes mA milliamperes
dB decibels µ A microamperes
GB gigabytes MB megabytes
Hz hertz MHz megahertz
in. inches mm millimeters
k 1000 ms milliseconds
K 1024 µ s microseconds
KB kilobytes ns nanoseconds
kg kilograms Ω ohms
kHz kilohertz sec. seconds
k Ω kilohms V volts
lb. pounds W watts
$ n hexadecimal value n
AC alternating current
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
AV audiovisual
AWACS audio waveform amplifier and converter for sound
CD-ROM compact-disk read-only memory
CLUT color lookup table
DAV digital audio video
DESC digital video decoder and scaler
DIMM dual inline memory module
DMA dynamic memory access
DRAM dynamic random-access memory
DVA digital video application
EMI electromagnetic interference
FPU floating-point unit
IC integrated circuit
IDE integrated device electronics
IIC inter-integrated circuit (an internal control bus)
I/O input/output