Specifications

International Organization for StandardizationISO

Joint Electronics Devices Engineering CouncilJEDEC

I/O device and disk controllerK2

level 2 (refers to level of cache)L2

level 3 (refers to level of cache)L3

local area networkLAN

media access controllerMAC

Macintosh Operating SystemMac OS

data throughput rate — mega bytes per secondMBps

data throughput rate — mega bits per secondMbps

orthogonal frequency-division multiplexingOFDM

Open Host Controller Interface, USB 1.1 specificationOHCI

Peripheral Component InterconnectPCI

physical layerPHY

programmed input/outputPIO

power management unitPMU

Remote Authentication Dial-In User ServiceRADIUS

random-access memoryRAM

row address strobeRAS

reduced block commandsRBC

a video signal format with separate red, green, and blue componentsRGB

reduced instruction set computingRISC

root mean squareRMS

read-only memoryROM

serial ATA bus for hard disk drivesSATA

Conventions and Abbreviations

Abbreviations