User`s guide

REFERENCE INFORMATION

increase the amount of RAM available to the computer. The DIMM connector tabs use 168 pins

with separate contacts on each side of the circuit board. The dual contacts allow twice as much

data to pass in and out of the DIMM. (DIMM also refers to the socket type designed to receive the

DIMM circuit board.)

discover

Searching specified networks for computers.

DMA

Direct Memory Access. The process of moving data from devices (such as a hard drive) directly

into memory. This process frees up the processor substantially so it can focus on other tasks.

DMA channel

One of seven channels (numbered 0-6) used to move data from devices (such as a hard drive)

directly into memory.

DNS server

Domain Name Service server. Maintains a dynamic database of computers on the Internet with a

network address (usually an IP address) and a meaningful domain name, such as

"www.Intel.com." When you type a domain name in a browser to find an Internet resource, a DNS

server finds the associated IP address of that resource.

ECC

Error Correction Code. An advanced error detection protocol for system memory on a computer.

This code can detect both single-bit and multi-bit errors and correct single-bit errors on the fly.

EDO

Extended Data Output. A type of memory chip technology that can increase the CPU's memory

access time by 10 to 15 percent over a non-EDO chip. To achieve the performance increase,

however, the computer must be designed to take advantage of the speed benefit EDO memory

offers.

EISA

Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture. One of two immediate successors to the

ISA bus

standard. The EISA bus was developed by a consortium of IBM competitors to challenge IBM's

MCA bus.

environment variables

Variables related to the user environment that are initialized on computer startup and used by the

operating system and applications running on the environment.

expansion slots

Long, narrow sockets on a motherboard used to install custom expansion cards into a computer

for extended functionality. For example, you can plug a network adapter into an expansion slot so

the computer can connect to a network. Other examples of expansion cards include video cards,

sound cards, and modems.

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