MFLOPS:
Millions of FLOating Point Operations per Second
MFM:
Modified Frequency Modulated
MHz:
MegaHertz
MICR:
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIDI:
Musical Instrument Data Interface
MIMD:
Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data
MISD:
Multiple-Instruction Single Data
MMX:
Multi-Media Extensions
MNP:
Microcom Network Protocol
MODEM:
MOdulator / DEModulator
MOPS:
Millions of Operations Per Second
MOS:
Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
MP:
Multi-Processor
MPP:
Massively Parallel Processor
MPS:
Multi-Processor System
MSB/msb:
Most Significant Byte/bit
MSDOS:
Microsoft’s Disk Operating System
SI:
Medium Scale Integration
MTBF:
Mean Time Between Failure
N/C:
No-Connect
NBS:
National Bureau of Standards
NEMA:
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFS:
Network File System
NFU:
Not-Frequently Used
NMI:
Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMOS:
Negatively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
NOP:
No OPeration NRU Not-Recently Used
NSF:
National Science Foundation
NVRAM:
NonVolatile Random Access Memory
OCR:
Optical Character Recognition
ODI:
Open Data link Interface
OEM:
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS:
Operating System
OSF:
Open Software Foundation
OSI:
Open Systems Interconnect
PAL/PLA:
Programmable Array Logic / Logic Array
PB:
Push Button
PBX:
Private Branch eXtender
PC:
Personal Computer, Program Counter
PCB:
Printed Circuit Board
PCI:
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCM:
Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA:
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PE:
Processor Element
PFF:
Page Fault Frequency
PGA:
Professional Graphics Array
PGA:
Pin Grid Array
PIC:
Programmable Interrupt Controller
PIO:
Programmed Input / Output
PIROM:
Processor Information ROM
PLCC:
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
PLL:
Phase Locked Loop
PM:
Preventive Maintenance
PMOS:
Positively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
PnP:
Plug-and-Play
POST:
Power On Self Test
PPP:
Point-to-Point Protocol
PQFP:
Plastic Quad Flat Pack
PROM:
Programmable Read Only Memory
PSTN:
Public Switched Telephone Network
PTE:
Page Table Entry
QAM:
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QFP:
Quad Flat Pack
QIC:
Quarter Inch Cartridge
RAM
- Random-access memory
RAID:
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
RAMDAC:
Random Access Memory Digital to Analogue Converter
RAS:
Row Address Strobe
RCA:
Radio Corporation of America
RCC:
Routing Control Center
RDRAM:
Rambus DRAM
RFC:
Request For Comments
RFI:
Radio Frequency Interference
RI:
Ring Indicator
RISC:
Reduced Instruction-Set Computer
RLL:
Run Length Limited
RMS:
Root Mean Squared
RMW:
Read Modify Write
ROM:
Read Only Memory
RPC:
Remote Procedure Call
RPM:
Rotations Per Minute
RTC:
Real Time Clock
RTS:
Request To Send
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